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Is there any difference between this (below) and using 2 ethernet cards via
rj45? Thanks in advance. -DH

Frank Sexton <fsexton@xpert.net> wrote in article
<3466140a.0@news3.ibm.net>...
> As much as I like to scoff at MS I'll have to admit that hooking up a
> couple of NT Workstations is pretty easy.  Almost automatic.  I'm sure
> you can do it.  Here's how I did it and what I recommend.  I support a
> large NT network at work but at home I run a peer-to-peer setup and this
> works good for me.
> 
> Buy: RG58 Coax cable (also called ThinLan and 10base2) to connect the
> two machines.  Also you'll need two 50ohm "terminators" and two "T's" to
> properly connect and terminate your machines.  Two Network Interface
> Cards (NIC's).  I'd recommend not scraping here but buy good 3com cards.
> You can get 3com cards like the 509 series for around $150.00 each.
> Make sure these are capable of handling ThinLan 10base2 cable.
> 
> Install: The cards, the cable and T's and terminators.  Also go into the
> software install and install the "adapters" using the Control Panel |
> Network | Adapter | Add button.  Install NetBuei and TCP/IP for
> protocols on each machine.  Give each machine (in this same section) a
> "simple" unique NetBuei name of 8 characters or less (each machine needs
> it own private name) and give your workgroup a workgroup name (same on
> both machines).  I just used the default "workgroup" but you can change
> it if you like.
> 
> Reboot everything and VIOLA, you'll be networking (grin)!  Really.  It's
> almost this easy.  NT automatically sets virtually everything as
> sharable by default so this should work without a lot of configuration.
> 
> -Frank
> 
> dlnorris@worldnet.att.net wrote in message
> <644vqd$5o5@mtinsc03.worldnet.att.net>...
> >I need to be able to transfer files back and forth between 2 machines.
> >Both run NT 4.0 Workstation.
> >
> >Microsoft's NT manual isn't a whole lot of help.
> >
> >Anyone know where I can find a source of instructions for MINIMUM
> >settings required on both machines - especially with an eye toward
> >mimimum amount of administrative stuff?
> >
> >Please E-mail to: dlnorris@wordnet.att.net
> 
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