[ale] confusion:)

Robert L Harris tko at westgac3.dragon.com
Sat Oct 18 07:44:24 EDT 1997


Dan Newcombe writes:
> 
> > The thing is...Do I need a LAN or ethernet card? (Is there a difference?) 
> 
> Most likely you will need a card.  It really depends on how smart you can
> make Windows95 be!!!   As for a difference, an ethernet card is just a
> type of LAN card, as is a token ring card, or a *shudder* arcnet card.

Just be aware that Win95 has very poor security and no TCP/IP regulation (like
TCP wrappers in Linux). That why they try to have Win95 systems on a LAN go
through a WinNT server.

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