Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:46:40 -0500 From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) To: dkeller@psln.com (Daniel Keller) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Questions Mailing List) Subject: Re: Advice on simple network Message-ID: <Mutt.19970122104640.rhh@elmer.ct.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <199701202304.PAA17187@psln1.psln.com>; from Daniel Keller on Jan 20, 1997 15:43:46 -0800 References: <199701202304.PAA17187@psln1.psln.com>
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Daniel Keller: |Something in the near future I will be getting a new PC. For educational |purposes I would like to setup a network with our 2 computers, for printer |sharing and transferring file, ect. How should I set this up? Should I use |2 Ethernet cards? This also has to be compatible with Win95. Any advice is |appreciated. I have the same situation and have had fun playing around with it. I've had 115200 baud SLIP, PLIP, and Ethernet all three going between them at different times. I eventually ended up with ethernet because I got tired of the download times associated with SLIP, and PLIP dogs FreeBSD badly for saturating transfers (no support for EPP/ECP there). For SLIP, you just need a NULL-modem adapter and a straight-through serial cable -- easy to make and cheap at hamfests/computerfests, and Radio Shack has them if nothing else. For PLIP, just need the equivalent for parallel. Look for a LapLink cable at your local computer store. For Ethernet, just need a couple ethernet boards and a cable. I'd suggest getting boards that have both 10Base2 (RG-58 coax cable) and 10BaseT (RJ-45 "twisted pair" cable). With 2 computers, the cheapest way to connect with ethernet is with an RJ-45 cross-over cable. That way you don't need a hub. If you put a third computer on (or if you plan to sometime)a, you can switch to coax (a little more expensive) and still not need a hub. I'm currently running a cheapo NE2000 card on FreeBSD 2.1 (ed driver) on one PC, and an NE2100 compatible card (Allied Telesyn AT1500BT) (lnc driver) on the other PC. Have fun! Randall Hopper
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