David,

You do not need any expensive hardware to setup these two machines.

Just goto 'Control Panel' -> 'Network' and make sure that the following are
installed in the 'Configuration' settings:
    Client for Microsoft Networks
    NE2000 compatible ( or whatever his ethernet card is )
    NetBeui -> NE2000 compatible ( or whatever his ethernet card is )

You may also have:
    Dialup Adapter
    TCP/IP -> Dialup Adapter

Also make sure the Workgroups are the same on both machines in the
'Identity' tab.

Then you have to map your network drives, or 'share' the different
files/folders on the systems.

Once you do that, reboot both machines and they should 'see' each other.

This is just a general overview of what you need to do.

Good luck,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: David Nasser <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 8:28 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Home LAN


>Good Folk,
>
>A friend of mine has a couple of P5 desktop systems at his home. Each
>has an inexpensive ethernet card. I need to help him to configure an
>inexpensive LAN. Neither of us have any LAN experience. Both machines
>are running Win95.
>
>What additional hardware/software is necessary? Do we _have_ to have
>a hub for a 2 node LAN? Etc, etc.
>
>  TIA,
>  David
>
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