Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!ucbvax!DDOHRZ11.BITNET!UPH008 From: UPH008@DDOHRZ11.BITNET (Wilhelm Becker) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: Ethernet adapters for laptops Message-ID: <9008290454.aa25074@louie.udel.edu> Date: 29 Aug 90 10:28:39 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 29 X-Unparsable-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 90 10:33:31 SET On Tue, 28 Aug 90 12:28:21 GMT Jim O'Connor said: >Does anyone know of (or, preferably, is using) an Ethernet adapter for >laptops (probably have to connect via the parallel port, since we have >a couple different vendor's laptops) that has an NDIS driver available >for it so that it would work with LAN Manager? > >Any other suggestions on temporarily connecting laptops to the office LAN >(Ethernet, TCP/IP, probably LAN Manager software) would also be >appreciated? > >Thanks. >------------- >James B. O'Connor jim@tiamat.fsc.com >Ahlstrom Filtration, Inc. 615/821-4022 x. 651 Here is one possible solution. Buy a PC containing an ethernet card and a serial port. Install KA9Q to route between the ethernet and the serial port using SLIP. Install any TCP/IP software on your laptop(s) that supports SLIP. Not a very fast solution, but it should work. Wilhelm Becker Grau, teurer Freund, ist alle Theorie, Und gruen des Lebens goldner Baum Institut fuer Physik Universitaet Dortmund Goethe, Faust I EARN: UPH008@DDOHRZ11.BITNET