--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: EBJ00004 Date: 07/14/97 From: MIKE BILOW Time: 04:14pm \/To: GREG MACLELLAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Internet Via Network? Greg MacLellan wrote in a message to Dean Hamstead: GM> nope, i live in kingston, ontario, so does he. it's through GM> the cable company's internet service. * * * GM> i'll look at it. Os/2 may be the way to go as well, there's GM> a lot of freeware servers for it.. (internet anyways) Be aware that you need to apply some updates to OS/2 if you want it to operate as a DHCP client, and all cable modems need DHCP. Knowing this may save you a great deal of frustration. -- Mike --- * Origin: N1BEE BBS +1 401 944 8498 V.34/V.FC/V.32bis/HST16.8 (1:323/107) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: EBJ00005 Date: 07/14/97 From: MIKE BILOW Time: 04:16pm \/To: BILL DENNISON (Read 5 times) Subj: NT,UNIX,NOVELL,LANtastic Bill Dennison wrote in a message to Dean Hamstead: -> im looking for detailed info on the stated server software -> or info on how to get info. BD> Hmmm... Try a library, or a Barnes & Nobles or Borders. BD> Many of their stores have really comfy chairs and lots of BD> computer books. You can peruse their shelves, browse BD> through a book to see if it's worthwhile, and if it's a good BD> book then you buy it. The addressee of your message is in Australia. I don't know if they have comfy chairs, but they probably have books. :-) BD> Of the software(s) mentioned above, Lantastic will probably BD> be the hardest because the last book I've seen published was BD> v6.0; they're now on v7.0 - and the only way to get the BD> book is to buy the software itself. I would have grave reservations about a new installation of Lantastic. It's one thing if you already have a Lantastic network and want to add nodes, but it's quite another thing to go out and deliberately start down an obsolete path. -- Mike --- * Origin: N1BEE BBS +1 401 944 8498 V.34/V.FC/V.32bis/HST16.8 (1:323/107) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: EBJ00006 Date: 07/12/97 From: WILLIAM HARGRAVE Time: 06:48pm \/To: DAVE PETRUCCI (Read 5 times) Subj: Help! Dave Petrucci wrote to Mike Bilow in lan: >probably to the extent that the line will not work at all for more than >trivial distances. DP> What effect can one expect to see if 4,5,7 and 8 are also put DP> into use...? (ie.. another node)... They're often used for another node - it works fine in my experience. They re also sometimes used for voice telephones as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hargrave 2:254/211.20 12/7/1997 --- * Origin: Klein Bottle for sale, enquire within (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: EBJ00007 Date: 07/12/97 From: WILLIAM HARGRAVE Time: 06:50pm \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 5 times) Subj: Help! Mike Bilow wrote to Dave Petrucci in lan: MB> Running two separate 10Base-T circuits on a single 4-pair cable is MB> not exactly what I would recommend, but it should work and should be MB> within spec. Note that 100 Mbps networking generally uses all 4 MB> pairs, leaving no spares. Is that for all kinds of 100Base*? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hargrave 2:254/211.20 12/7/1997 --- * Origin: A keyboard (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: EBJ00008 Date: 07/12/97 From: WILLIAM HARGRAVE Time: 11:15pm \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 5 times) Subj: Help! Mike Bilow wrote to Tom Moeller in lan: TM> I've never done a physical measurement of the wiring to see if TM> I meet Category 3 or even Cat 1, but it's worked for over 2 TM> years now. MB> How many frames do you lose? Would you know? But does it matter? The only loss is a loss of bandwidth - the data at an application level will still be handled okay, won't it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hargrave 2:254/211.20 12/7/1997 --- * Origin: Policy 4? EchoPol1? Stick it up your (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: EBJ00009 Date: 07/11/97 From: DAVE BARRON Time: 08:31pm \/To: WILLIAM HARGRAVE (Read 5 times) Subj: Ethernet impedance WH>I've got a big drum of coax of undefined type here. I wondered if there as WH>equation to calculate characteristic impedance for coax like there is for tw WH>feeder? Yes, but unless you've got data on the cable (dielectric, velocity ratio etc) it won't help. Either look for markings on the cable and post them here or there's a slightly devious way... Put a BNC male on one end of the cable and trot off to an electronic hire shop. Ask if they've got something like a Tektronix 1502 series cable tester (T.D.R. or time-domain reflectometer). If so, they'll be able to tell you the cable impedance. If you know someone with a fast scope and a pulser, they might do it for you. The longer the cable run, the more often impedance mismatch will cause errors. Check out a book on transmission line theory. Forget using 75 ohm cable on a 50 ohm network tho'. HTH Dave --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Ooh! MultiLine BBS, London. 0181-395-3108 (2:254/233) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: EBJ00010 Date: 07/14/97 From: AUSTIN PHELPS Time: 06:57pm \/To: WAYNE MARTIN (Read 5 times) Subj: new network for school 09 Jul 97 13:49, Wayne Martin wrote to all: > 1/ what programs should I use > ( we would like to run all machine's under win 95 ) Use Windows 95 networking. It included with Win95. > 2/ are ne2000 the best to use The cards are cheap (at least here - around $25-45 for isa models) > 5/ any problems with making 1 machine with 3 LPT cards the main > printing station. ( ie 1 black , 1 colour , 1 dot matrix ) No. Make sure the print machine has the Win95 software drivers for the printers. Share all the printers on that machine. After that each machine that uses that printer will fetch the drivers from the machine that has the printer. > any help at all would help Good luck on your project. Austin --- Msged 4.10 * Origin: Lightning Rod - Orlando, Florida (1:363/263.3)