Networking 'old' PC's

How can I network a Win95 and a Win98SE PC together. What software
would I need. I only have a serial ports available, so what connecting
cable should I use.

Go and buy x2 network cards, a cross over cable and that's it!
Total cost should be under £25.00
Install tcpip on both pc's, make sure workgroup names are the same
set one pc ip address as 10.10.10.1 and the other to 10.10.10.2 (subnet
255.255.255.0)
reboot both pcs
set up the folders you want to share and that should be it!

"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How can I network a Win95 and a Win98SE PC together. What software
> would I need. I only have a serial ports available, so what connecting
> cable should I use.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> How can I network a Win95 and a Win98SE PC together. What software
> would I need. I only have a serial ports available, so what connecting
> cable should I use.
>
If you use a null-modem cable in the serial ports you can get
filesharing to work, but it will be painfully slow. You should be able
to pick up a couple of ISA network cards for next to nothing and do it
properly - you might even be able to get hold of some free BNC cable and
fittings, so avoiding the cost of a crossover Cat5 cable. There's often
someone in uk.adverts.computer offering old network kit for not much
more than the cost of postage.
As for software - for filesharing everything is built into Windows, for
Internet sharing W98SE has ICS.

Bob wrote:

> How can I network a Win95 and a Win98SE PC together. What software
> would I need. I only have a serial ports available, so what connecting
> cable should I use.

Hello Bob

Does either of your 'old' PCs have a spare ISA slot? The reason I am asking
is because I have an ISA Network 2000 card. It's like new and in its
original box but it's no good to me so you can have it for a couple of quid
to cover postage. It has an RJ45 connector and a BNC connector. If you only
have two PCs to network, the easiest thing to do would be to get an RJ45
crossover cable. By the way, it's Plug and Play so you don't have to mess
with any jumpers. Send me an email if you are interested. It'll get you
half way there.

Zorg

PS Mind the spam trap.

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