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| December 6, 2005, 13:40 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts 
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HI! I've tried a wireless usb dongel to share my internet with my laptop but it crashes and stuff. So could I just get a ethernet PCI card for my windows 98 PC and link it with a cable? Will it just link and *work*??? or are there network settings which I won't know about.  thanks! ____________ :o |
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| December 6, 2005, 13:42 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts 
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Link it to what?
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| December 6, 2005, 13:51 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts
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To my laptop. It has a "broadcom 440x 10/100 integrated controller" which I assume is ethernet.
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| December 6, 2005, 15:05 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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[ignore] I think that you can not share an internet connection by linking in your laptop into your PC's ethernet. You would need a switch and possibly a router.[/ignore] I've been informed you would be best to get a wireless router. You can then plug your PC into this and your laptop will work from it also. It is allegedly a "piece of piss" to set up. [Edited on December 6, 2005 by PEader] ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| December 6, 2005, 16:02 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts
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The ethernet card is a lot cheaper than a router so maybe i'll get it and see what happens. According to this I need "crossover cable" and it should work. Thanks. ____________ :o |
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| December 6, 2005, 16:15 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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Quoting DTM: The ethernet card is a lot cheaper than a router so maybe i'll get it and see what happens. According to this I need "crossover cable" and it should work.Thanks. I don't think a cross over cable will allow you to share your internet. A wireless router is only about 45 sterling and you can use your laptop from anywhere in your gaff or god forbid even move your computer somewhere crazy like the shower. Ferret has a wireless network set up maybe he could enlighten us somewhat. ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| December 6, 2005, 20:18 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts 
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The crossover setup should work. But I would put your XP machine as the one connected to the internet. XP's much better at bridging. [Edited on December 6, 2005 by Frimkron] ____________ |
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| December 6, 2005, 23:11 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts
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wooo!  maybe i'll get a router at some point though.
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| December 6, 2005, 23:50 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts 
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Of course the crossover solution works, just bridge the connection on your PC to your laptop.
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| December 11, 2005, 13:39 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts
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I don't seem to be having any more luck with this cable than with the wireless thing...except it doesn't crash on me.¬_¬ I tried setting the IP addresses for both PCs as per tverious tutorials. I can get it so XP says it's connected to a LAN. But I can't view the other PC on the network connections.:( ____________ :o |
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| December 11, 2005, 15:13 | |
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Rincewind
programmer 1545 posts 
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My experience is that windows 98 en windows XP can't always see eachother in the network connections window, though the computers are connected (and for example games over LAN do work).
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| December 13, 2005, 19:33 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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Yeah windows 98 is dumb. For a start you'll have to restart when you want to connect. Erm... install the Netbios thingy too... I think that helps... probably. Oh yeah and install Microsoft family logon and make it the default - that way you dont get the stupid username/password box every time you start up.
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| December 14, 2005, 17:15 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts
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thanks O_O:D
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| December 14, 2005, 17:15 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts
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I'll try again when I have some patience
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| December 14, 2005, 20:04 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts 
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CUTE
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| February 3, 2006, 23:34 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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Quoting DTM: I'll try again when I have some patience So did you get it to work? I need to connect a win98 pc to a win xp pc but nothing happens. It makes me want to cry. ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| February 4, 2006, 15:57 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts
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No. :-(
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| February 7, 2006, 13:58 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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Quoting DTM: No. :-( I give up windows 98 is fucking muck when it comes to networking and has cause'd my brain to swell thus making me insanely angry. ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| February 7, 2006, 16:58 | |
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Mezzmer
Square-theorist 792 posts 
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The good news is: if one of the machines is running XP you can make a networking floppy, which you put in the other machines if they are XP OR Win98. Easy. Then setting internet sharing should be fairly easy from there? Also there is no apostrophe in "caused". ____________ |
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| February 7, 2006, 18:44 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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Quoting Squarepusher: Also there is no apostrophe in "caused". But it looks cools. ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| February 7, 2006, 22:19 | |
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DTM
Earthling! 821 posts
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Quoting Squarepusher: The good news is: if one of the machines is running XP you can make a networking floppy, which you put in the other machines if they are XP OR Win98. Easy. HAHAHA. (That was a joke right??  )
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| February 7, 2006, 22:28 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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What? It's true.
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| February 8, 2006, 00:23 | |
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PEader
お前はもう死んでいる 1486 posts
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Quoting Ferret: What? It's true. It's not. ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| February 8, 2006, 01:56 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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It is.
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