🚀 go-pugleaf

don't ya just love them "thingy's". Think I'll have to send out a list of
"new" terminology to all my users.
--
Every time I learn something new
it pushes some old stuff out of my brain

El Gringo
Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:NIwsUNAcqQ63Ew0d@dbqa.demon.co.uk...
> In article <IxSudIAFkO63EwW4@urban75.demon.co.uk>, ms
> <mike@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
> >Hoping someone can guide me through this minor disaster...
> >
> >I've got (or rather had) three machines networked at home - two desktops
> >and a Sony laptop - and all was well until a truly disastrous
> >installation of Office 2000 trashed the laptop, necessitating a total
> >reinstall of W98. Ever since then the old PCMCIA network card causes the
> >Sony to hang.
>
> Tried Win95?  Tried controlling via DOS?
>
> >In a foolish and desperate attempt to throw money at the problem, I went
> >out and bought the LAN kit for the OneCom 4-1 mode PC card modem that
> >came with the Sony, only to realise that it's got a different connector
> >- the network uses what looks like aerial leads and this one has a
> >phone-jack type connector.
>
> Your existing LAN is coaxial, this is the cheapest form of 10mbps
> networking.  Your new card is RJ45 only.  You can purchase a transceiver
> at a cost but it works out cheaper to buy a cheap hub with a BNC port on
> it.  Connect BNC LAN to BNC port, connect UTP cable (that's the RJ45
> stuff) to the hub and there you go.  Even better ditch coax altogether
> and have a more reliable network.  I intend to do this at some time in
> the near future.
>
> >I've been told I've got two choices: use a transceiver thingy to convert
> >the new LAN card into the old system or upgrade the whole caboodle to
> >the phone jack connectors.
> >
> >What's the cheapest way of doing this? I've been told I need a hub but
> >also I've got to make one of my machines a server. Is this right? It
> >sounds like mucho hassle.
>
> No, just attach the hub between a node on your existing LAN and your
> RJ45 network card.  All network packets will be sent between the two
> media formats transparently.  It's brilliant stuff.
>
> TB