Pete,
You shouldn't have any trouble using the hub upstairs. Assume that
you will be able to run Windows on the shack computer. I do exactly
the same thing here at my shack. Changed the startup of the shack
computer so I could select a DOS boot for TR and a couple of other
programs, but use it in WIN98 the rest of the time.
To give yourself a BOOT Menu:
Add the following lines in the [options] section of the MSDOS.SYS
file:
;
; HexFF Boot Menu
;
BootWin=1
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDefault=1
BootMenuDelay=15
This menu will automatically default to a windows boot in 15 seconds.
If you press the ENTER key it will boot immediately. It gives you an
opportunity to select other options.
73,
Kevin/W3DAD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:05 AM
Subject: [TRLog] Networking Dedicated TR Machine
> I hope some of the computer jocks here can help me out.
>
> I am building up a separate computer to use for TRLog only. My main
shack
> computer is Ethernetworked to a hub downstairs, to which are
connected my
> wife's computer and our cable modem. I would like to network the TR
> machine to the main shack machine, but don't know how to do it. Two
> possibilities occur to me --
>
> Use a second hub upstairs in the shack, connected to the two PCs and
the
> network cable going downstairs. I think this should work and hubs
are
> cheap, but will it?
>
> Use a second NIC in the shack computer and run a network cable to
the TR
> machine. I don't know if Win98SE can support what amount to two
networks
> at once. Would I have to run Windows on the TR machine, or is there
such a
> thing as a DOS driver for a 10 MHz Ethernet card?
>
> Thanks!
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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