Re: Networking Linux Box to Win95 Box using ethernet connection and Combo card

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From: Frank Sweetser
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:00

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kirk@quick.kaybee.org (Kirk Bauer) writes:

> 
> look at my last post.  It explains why.  I also forgot to
> mention that the hubs take a bit to learn new addresses sometimes...
> 
> As long as only one computer is sending/receiving packets at
> a time, then it works okay.  Until OIT notices and shuts your
> port off, that is.  Problem is that computers send packets all
> the time when you don't know it.

Heh... we have the same type of thing here at WPI...  I can't even *count*
the number of times we (Network Operations) have gone out - "I tried my
roommates computer in the port, and now my machine can't see the network!" :-) 

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From: Frank Sweetser <rasmusin@wpi.edu>
Subject: Re: Networking Linux Box to Win95 Box using ethernet connection and Combo card
Date: 1997/11/21
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