Making a dodgy LAN

[webb]

Hello,
Basically, being a cheap bar-stud I wanna make a very basic LAN using win 95/98 and either a serial or parallel connection. Just 2pcs for playing quake/hl etc. But a windows lan not just a game linkup. Any ideas?

 

[Mick]

hi its real cheap to have 2 simple bnc network adaptors they should be about 5 pound each

thenyou could run a small network about 10mbits which would be fine 4 quake and hl

you also need 2 terminators which is basicly a 50ohm resisitor basicly it should cost you no more than 15 pounds depending on the cost of terminators (not sure )

 

[jondoe]

yup a BNC cabled network is the cheapest and ample for gaming ..but if you really want a serial you need crossovers or laplink cables to swap the tx & rx lines over..you can get ready made cables at computer fairs for this purpose..

sorry i cant be of more help as ive not used them for years i play my games over a cat5 lan

 

[Mick]

i will be to very shortly (cat5 lan)

as soon as i got cash for hub because everything else is ready

and to be honest it is still very cheap to have a 10/100 mbits home lan the most expensive thing is the hub and thats only 50 quid

the pci cards are only 10 quid and the cable cost me 10 quid 30 metres (sorry just refreshed this laptop and cannot find the pound sign lol -- must have it set up for american)

lucky for me i have a bt croneing tool so i dont even need a crimping tool just run the bare wires into the rj45 box and i will buy some 1 meter cables with plugs on

but back to your question you should go for a bnc network peer to peer it's so cheap