Remember to get a Cross-over cable - not a standard cable - if you are not using a hub.  Then you just do the standard networking stuff on the computers for a peer-to-peer network.


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I have a Compaq 1700 and a Compaq 5600 of which both have ethernet
connectors. they are about 50 ft apart. Can I connect them together and
if so, how? What connections do I use? Gerald Dunn, Newport News, Va

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