Subj : Advice needed!
To   : Marc Weinmann
From : Michael Grant
Date : Thu Apr 05 2001 03:16 pm

Hello Marc.

05 Apr 01 12:31, you wrote to me:

 MW> Well, the Ts are used on the NICs to connect the segments of the coax
 MW> wire. You put the male end of the T in the NIC and twist to lock it.
 MW> You do this for each computer. The network has to be laid out in a
 MW> bus. No Y's, no stars, it has to be in a straight line. YOu start with
 MW> a T with a terminator on one end. Then you take a segment of coax and
 MW> put it on the other end of the T (which is already connected to the
 MW> NIC) and run it to the 2nd computer and connect it to one end of
 MW> *that* T. If you only have 2 computers, you then add a 2nd terminator
 MW> to the 2nd computers T. You can't have any coax or T open ended. They
 MW> need to either be connected to coax or a terminator.

Got it!

 MW> If you enable TCP/IP and netbeui, you should have sharing on the lan,
 MW> but for the 2nd pc to have internet you need some form of software
 MW> that gates the internet from the 1st pc to the 2nd. There is Internet
 MW> Connection Sharing in Windows (which I've never used), SYgate (which
 MW> I've used for years) and others.. Most are not free.. Let me know if
 MW> you need more help.. explaining the internet sharing would be easier
 MW> once you have tried it and have specific questions.. Just read the
 MW> docs that come with the software..

Thank you very much, Marc!

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