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small network, How?

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From: Kevin J Prince
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 00:00
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Greetings 

(newbie alert)

First off, I want to connect two PC's at home, one upstairs and one down.
It seems like a good idea to be able to talk to the wife rather than her
shouting upstairs all the time :-}  ;-}.
I have upstairs 486/66 - 8 M - Windows 95 - printer - plus all my comms gear.
and downstairs 386/33 - 8 M - Windows 3.11 
I want to be able to print from downstairs!

I have two 3Com Etherlink II cards, (already installed in the w3.11 machine)
I have the cable and the 50ohm dummy loads.

If I fit the second card in the w95 computer what do I need to do to set up?
Will I need server software or is it built in etc?
In fact anything you think I should know about the possible setups, if I 
do need server software is there any cheap availble or even shareware

I think I just need Peer-to-Peer access and not dedicated server.
 
Just a little nervous before I start :-}

Please eMail on the subject, no public flogging (Please).
-- 
Kevin J Prince
Kevin@princ7.demon.co.uk
Scarborough North Yorkshire  :-)
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