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I am planning to connect my HP-Unix box and Win95 PC.
On HP I have Ethernet card integrated into the main board.

I  want to know the simple solution to connect these to machines.
I guess i need a NC card for my PC. I donot want to use HUB or any Token
ring.
Can I connect both NCs through a cable and get connectivity using TCP/IP.

Please help! Let me know what Hardware & Software I need.

Thanks
pv

Quote:> Can I connect both NCs through a cable and get connectivity using TCP/IP.

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        Clemens.

1) If the NIC on the HP has a BNC on it (looks like a post sticking out the
back) you will need to get a NIC for the Win95 with a BNC.  Now I have not
seen a NIC with BNC in a long time, but I'm sure they are out there if you
look.  Get two T-connectors, 2 terminators and a length of 10 base-2 coax
(can get at any Best Buy or similar store).  attach the T-connectors to the
backs of the computers, put a terminator on each T-conenctor and attach the
connectors using the cable

2) if the back of the HP has a 10 base-T jack (looks like a big phone jack)
you need to get a 10 base-T card for the Win95.  Very easy to find in any
"computer superstore".  DON'T use a normal RJ-45 cable to connect them
together, they will not talk to each other.  You will need what is known as a
cross-over cable.  I don't know where to find one. If I need one, I cut and
splice my own.  Basically a cross-over cable has one end attached normally
and the other end is the opposite.  That way, instead of TX-->TX and RX-->RX
(as is normal in a LAN environ.), TX-->RX and RX-->TX so the computers can
talk without a hub or switch.

Hope this helps

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    Phil> Let me see if understand...If you're not going to attach the
    Phil> computers to a hub or switch, I can think of two ways off
    Phil> the top of my head.  Both are pretty straightforward and
    Phil> simple. I am assuming you know how to set up and bind TCP on
    Phil> both computers. Be sure the subnets and the subnet mask are
    Phil> the same on both computers (i.e. HP is 200.1.1.1 with
    Phil> 255.255.255.0 as mask and Win95 200.1.1.2 with subnet mask
    Phil> 255.255.255.0)

Except that these are stupid addresses to use (especially as
examples).  The IP networks that InterNic has reserved for local/test
usage are as follows:
    10.0.0.0                     (Class A, default netmask 255.0.0.0)
    172.16.0.0 - 172.31.0.0      (Class B, default netmask 255.255.0.0)
    192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.0  (Class C, default netmask 255.255.255.0)

-tor