On 17 Jan, Chris Morton wrote:
> You need a hub with as many ports as you're going to have devices on the
> network.  3 network devices, at least 3 ports on the hub.
> 
> It's possible to connect _2_ PCs back to back with a crossover Ethernet
> cable.  The problem is that it's usually so hard to find a store with
> people who know what a crossover cable is, and which actually has them,
> that it's usually not worth the aggravation.

Or there's always BNC cable - if you're prepared to do your own
crimping anddon't mind the 10mbps speed limit.  PCI combo cards aren't
so easy to find but there's a lot of old ISA cards going for nothing
these days.

-- 

Bruce


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