I have had very good success with 10BaseT Addtron equipment.  With Win95 it
is pretty easy as long as you set the equipment right.  I never really had
Win95 detect a nic card properly, so you have to enter the settings
yourself.  The newer plug-and-play nic cards may detect properly, though.

-----Original Message-----
From: Errol <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 6:03 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Network Setup ??


>Greetings Friends,
>
>I am posting this to PCBUILD and PCSOFT as my questions
>involve both groups.
>
>I manage a medical supply company in Johannesburg - South
>Africa which currently has 6 stand-alone P.C.'s, (all old
>486 machines).
>
>I want to upgrade all the P.C.'s to 200 MHz Pentium machines
>
>and install an 8 station  NETWORK.
>
>I have no problems installing and configuring individual
>computers but my knowledge on networks is not so good.
>
>My question to you is this.....  What sort of network should
>
>I install ??  I would like to go for the most reliable
>system while keeping a sharp eye on the costs involved.
>
>On the software side, I would like to know what System you
>recommend (Win95 or Win NT or MS BackOffice etc.).
>
>The programs we are currently running are:  WordPerfect v6.1
>
>and QuattroPro v6.0, dBase 2 and 3,   Ascent (a DOS based
>accounting package) and Netscape v4.0.
>
>Soon I want to upgrade our antiquated programs (dBase and
>Ascent) to Windows packages.
>(any suggestions for a good Accounting program that can
>handle 2,000 Stock line items, Invoices, Credit notes,
>Statements etc. ??).
>
>I have read quite a few articles and books on the subject of
>
>Networks (Networking for Dummies was quite good) but none of
>
>them really give any advice, they stick to explaining the
>various "in's and out's" only.
>
>Sorry about the long posting, but I have to do this "right
>the first time" and the advice I get on a majority basis is
>going to be used.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Errol Lishman. CPO
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