Please Help

I have two Computers both with the same version of win98 on them I also have Bell Sympatico High speed I would like to network the two computers and be able to share files and bell sympatico on both of them, right now I have a crossovr cable, a regular cable and network cards in both machines and Bell sympatioc High Speed has been working on the one of the machine for about a year now. What do I need to do (Hardware, Software)? Please Help Me !!!

1. RE: Please Help
lbyard Mar-27-01 10:59 PM
In response to message 0

Took me a while to find out that Bell Sympatico High Speed is DSL. Hopefully it connects to a network adapter in your PC instead of USB... See http://duxcw.com/faq/ics/waysshare.htm for your answer. Larry

2. RE: Please Help
cary_fan Mar-29-01 07:35 AM
In response to message 1

Larry,
gooberfudgen must be from Canada (as I am) since that's where Bell Sympatico is offered.
The usual kit connects to a network adapter as you were hoping, although there is an option to get the kit without the network card (it's an extra $7 cdn - that's value, heh )

4. RE: Please Help
lbyard Mar-29-01 04:57 PM
In response to message 2

In that case, I would purchase router and connect both computers to the router with straight-thru cables. Other options are at http://duxcw.com/faq/ics/waysshare.htm. The SMC Barricade broadband router (http://duxcw.com/digest/Reviews/Network/smc/smc7004br/smc7004br.htm) comes with two straight-thru cables. If the crossover cable is long and it would be difficult to replace, then I would cut-off one of the plugs and install a new one wired to make it a straight-thru cable (http://duxcw.com/digest/Howto/network/cable/cable1.htm). Other routers have an uplink port which can accommodate the crossover cable without change. Larry