Actually, I prefer to set up Microsoft>IPX instead of NetBeui.  Most games,
(Quake/Warcraft, etc.) require IPX to play over the network.  IPX and TCP
can coexist on the same network, and a program called Wingate will let you
share a modem over the network.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Hale <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Home LAN



>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.
>

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

>>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.