[olug] Re: A non network network?

[Rob Townley]

Actually, you may not need a crossover ethernet card if you make sure
purchase nics that support autodetection of the signal path (not quite
sure of the terminology used).  A regular Cat5 patch cable and NICs
that support it is all you may need.

On 10/18/05, Craig Wolf <cjwolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
> I will have to agree with the first suggestion: if they are close, a
> wired nic in each with a private subnet.  You can get a Realtek based
> NIC for about $8 and a crossover cable can be bought (If you are not
> good at making them) for $10-20 so total H/W cost $36 max plus an hour
> or less of your time.
>
> Craig Wolf
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> >>> "Daniel Linder" <dan at linder.org> 10/18/05 11:26 AM >>>
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> On Tue, October 18, 2005 10:42, Phil Brutsche wrote:
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> > Hurley Rod wrote:
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> >> What about the old null modem trick?  Haven't done it for years,
> but
>
> >> I suppose in this case it would work.
>
> >
>
> > Well, as long as you don't mind being limited to 115 kilobit, sure
> ;)
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>
> If we're going down this path, you could look at using the printer port,
> but I haven't used them under either Linux nor Windows...  Could be
> faster but probably a lot more work to setup and not as easy to support
> in
> the long run.
>
>
>
> A more modern option that might be an option would be to us a USB "pc
> to pc" network cable.  I haven't used these either, but the
> speeds should be higher than old serial.
>
>
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> Dan
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