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In article <KXyOUEAFlo63EwVJ@urban75.demon.co.uk>, ms
<mike@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>If you're throwing scanned image files of 10meg+ accross the network,
>>or dealing with digital video, then yes it is....
>
>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?
>

For my tuppence worth, I installed a 100-base-T system on 3 computers
because I do throw large scanned images about.  I was completely new to
this and worried I'd take down the lot in the middle of some contracts.

I bought a Netgear kit of 4 port hub and 2 PCI cards and a separate
PCMCIA card for the laptop.  To my surprise it was all fairly painless.
The Netgear instructions (single large sheet) covered the cards and hub
without a problem - once I realised I had run out or IRQs on the main
desk station and took out a redundant modem card that was using an extra
one.  They were just a little vague about setting up protocols but a
paragraph in Paul McFredrie's Windows 95 Unleashed (SAMS) quickly
pointed me to NETBeui and to my great surprise it all worked.

I shall regret saying this as I am about to add a Win NT workstation in
a couple of weeks and I am superstitious about nothing  - but computers!
-- 
Duncan K
Downtown Dalgety Bay
Scotland