Re: Networking/LAN woes!!

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From: John Armstrong
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 00:00

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On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:10:45 +0100, ms <mike@nospam.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>OK. I'm sold on the hub thingy. Flicking through the incredibly sad bulk
>of PC mags scattered round the house, I notice that cheapo ones cost
>around 45 quid-ish. Now, I'm sure this is way too simple and
>straightforward for it to actually happen, but do I just slap in the new
>cables into this hub and viola! instant networking?
>
>Or is going to be another of those manual-churning, hair-rippin' events
>that involves me bribing network-savvy chums up with the offer of muchos
>lager to adjust the onboard accumulator rear-view dipstick parameters?
>
Should be painless since you already have (most of) the network
working. Network cards will probably automatically detect which cable
is connected, other settings shouldn't need changing.
-- 
John

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Subject: Re: Networking/LAN woes!!
Date: 1999/09/26
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