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To: Bruce Russell who wrote (113)	11/25/1997 9:48:00 AM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (2) of 163

Bruce, Bruce you cannot create an ethernet connection between two machines using only a parallel cable you can. Ethernet is a layer2 networking protocol. You can use a parallel or serial cable to acheive the same level of functionality minus the speed. Serial -> 115K Bits per Second Parallel -> 1M Buts per Second Ethernet 10baseX -> 10M Bits per second Fast Ethernet 100BaseX -> 100M Bits per second. I have not performed the serial or parallel connection under NT although I have under Windows 95. Windows 95 has a service called direct cable connection that allows MS networking to run over serial or parrallel. NT probably supports the same features but I have not done it. I feel that speed is a limiting feature and you end up using your printer ports to acheive this. NT will not allow sharing of a printer port for dual purpose use. Therefore I recommend buying 2 10BaseT ethernet cards and 1 crossover cable 2x25$ + 10$ for a cable to provide this connectivity. Easier to setup, faster, and your not wasting your parallel ports.... If you need more specifics write back. Sean

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