> A friend has used ISA
> NICs and cable he can loan me for a couple of months.
>
> Questions:

> 1. Will this work?

Yes, assuming the following.  You need to have 1 free ISA slot in each
computer, and drivers available for the cards under win98.  The cable also
needs to be a crossover cable.  If it's not, you'll need a hub. If you need
a new crossover cable, a local shop should be able to make one, last one I
bought was about $5.

> 2. Do the two NICs need to be matched?

No, generally, any two nics will work with each other (Yes, I know some of
you out there have horror stories, but humor me, will you!)  They do both
need to be the same speed (10baseT, 10base2, or whatever)

> 3. Later I plan to go to a network which will allow me to add ADSL (AT&T
> RoadRunner). How hard will it be to disengage the old network protocols
> and  upgrade?

It shouldn't be too hard.  Just a matter of uninstalling the network cards,
and adding new cards and the proper protocols.
Glen Sagers

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