yeah, I realized that about 1 second after I hit send, that'll teach me
not to try and compose something before that 2nd cup of coffee...
Jim Kennedy wrote:
> You need to post to the right newsgroup.
> Jim
> "Glen A Stromquist" <glen_stromquist_at_nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:fMP5a.56562$9K5.2565942_at_news0.telusplanet.net...
>
>>I want to network my home pc's, 2 of them are multi boot with various
>>flavours of linux and 2000/xp, and I want to resurrect a couple of old
>>486's and integrate them as well (if possible).
>>
>>The 486's will be used with windows 3.11 as they are still quite
>>adequate for 90% of my kids homework needs and overall quite useable for
>>a lot of everday tasks. When I have the time/knowledge I may even load
>>an older linux distro on one or two of them and try to use them as dumb
>>terminals to access the more powerfull linux boxes.
>>
>>My main goal is to have a pc available for everyone in the family, and
>>being able to print a document from anyone of them to a common printer
>>or printers. I know next to nothing about network backbones, but from
>>what little I've read I understand that at a minumum I need a hub and
>>nic's for all these machines to talk to each other. These seem
>>inexpensive enough, but I want to make sure I get one that is compatible
>>with the pcs when they are running linux, and am hoping for some
>>pointers/suggestions from this NG.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>ps - for sharing an internet connection, I would also need a router,
>>correct? (its a dial up connection)
>>
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Received on Sat Feb 22 2003 - 13:27:30 CST
