Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Dec 1998 18:38:15 +0100 | From | jens@pinguin ... | Subject | Re: Cheap network for two hosts ? |
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On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 07:01:30PM -0500, David Feuer wrote:
>>>> I want to exchange a lot of data between two x86-PCs. >>>> The only options I see are : parallel port, serial port and USB. >>> Best option: buy two network cards and a crossover cable or a hub. >>> Faster, more efficient, more reliable. Slightly more expensive, but >>> it's worth it. >> I don't know what you call "Slightly more expensive", but I bought a >> box containing a dozen old NE2000 clone cards for a fiver. So far, >> I've used five of them, and sold a further four for £3 each, and by my >> arithmetic, I don't think I could have done any better... > I'd like to network 3 computers. Problem: one is a laptop. Any idea > where I can get an ethernet card (preferably 10-base-T for a laptop for > a reasonable price?
my portable news/mail terminal (486dx-50, 8MB, 340 HDD, Compaq) is fitted with an Eigernet 10MBit PCMCIA card. Works like a charm, although I had to recompile pcmcia-3.0.3 for it (kernel 2.0.34 up to now). This card should be at about $50 (I paid DM 100 for it) and it gives me about 500-600k/s on a 10Mbit Ethernet.
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