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To: Zeddie88 who wrote (7220)	12/6/1999 7:44:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110631

sue, you need 3 nics if you have a cable modem and you want to network two machines using a crossover cable. 2 go in machine A. 1 goes in machine B. connect the cm to 1 of the nics in machine A. connect the 2nd nic in machine A to the nic in machine B, using the rj45 crossover cable. 3 nics. 1-2-3 :) mark

To: Zeddie88 who wrote (7220)	12/7/1999 8:48:00 AM
From: jw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Sue & mr.mark, with my 3 score & 15 years guess my Bulb is glowing Dimmer Than I thought. I'm of the impression the NICs, Network Interface Cards are used to set up a LAN, Local Area Network. That is, setting up a NetWork between your Computers in Home/Office, etc!. Now that leaves us with a Modem Card, either Cable or from a Phone jack, (RJ11) (56k) or other incoming signal devices. Sorry I have been confusing the two cards. Lets start over. Signal comes in on a Modem Card, which you already have. Connect computers with NIC cards, ( 1 in each computer), w/RJ45 Crossover cable. Not to confuse the two, let's say we have only 2 NIC cards. One double ended RJ45 Crossover Phone cable connects these two NIC cards. Forgetting the Modem cards. Sue, you did say you didn't have a PCI slot left in #1, correct? And I suggested getting a ISA NIC (16bit) 10mb. (assuming you have a vacant ISA Slot). Slow, but it works. (PCI (32 bit) 100mb, ten times faster transferring files.) Sorry I was confusing you, bet I really have done so now<G>. Regards, /jw 3com.com