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From: Don Strait                                        09-Oct-99 00:00:00
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 00:00:00
Subj: OS/2 Network


Hi ALL

 I recently upgraded to an ADSL phone line, and managed to get it to
work with OS/2.  I had to let the phone company setup my laptop (which
runs Win95), then I set up my "real" computer with the 3Com network
card they supplied and OS/2.

 Now for my question (almost).  I now have my OS/2 computer and my
laptop both connecting to the internet through the same 10BASET hub, is
there any way I can get them to talk to each other?  The WIn95 machine
sees the network as "un-browsable" and the OS/2 computer sees nothing
but the ADSL router/modem.  I don't want to spend a lot of money on
this, but I'd love to at least be able to transfer files (I's even
settle for Telnet or FTP).  Is this possible, and what are my options?

 TIA, Don

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From: John Humphrey                                     10-Oct-99 00:07:20
  To: Don Strait                                        10-Oct-99 00:07:20
Subj: OS/2 Network

Hi Don,

I am unsure, but I have read somewhere that that one of the computers (I
assume you would use the OS/2 machine) has to be used as a router which would
require two NICs, one for the ADSL and one for the local network.  Then proxy
software would be used between your local network and the ADSL.  As you know I 
don't have my ADSL yet (I Want My ADSL!) so I can't speak from experience.  I
do know that getting Win9x and OS/2 to talk to each other on a normal LAN is
very easy using NETBEUI or TCP/IP.  My guess is that having both hooked to
ADSL through a hub means that they are both assigned the same address (the one 
assigned by your ISP) so as far as the network is concerned they are both the
same machine.  Hopefully someone a little more knowledgeable will have a more
complete answer.

John

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