Noob Network

JustinJustin Atlanta
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
I am pissed. I have this older PC that I put a network card in. Win 98 just won't load the drivers from the floppy, and there are a number of issues with getting the drivers for the NIC card to work. It has a working dial-up modem and I want to see about using that to connect to my main rig (this older one will be folding after all.) I have options for the modem and VPN. What is VPN? How can I use dial-up to connect to another PC? What do I need to do. Please help me get another folder out there!!!

Old sys specs:
433MHz Celeron
Win 98 SE
ASUS P28-8
128MB Ram
16gig HDD
Diamond Stealth Vid Card (.......)

Can this thing fold?

BTW, I only have DSL, I remember seeing somewhere that I could dialup, but I am not sure where. I just need access to the internet long enough to get the drivers for the NIC card. If it helps, I use Bell South in Georgia for DSL.

Thanks!!!

Comments

  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    It is possible for one computer to dial another for Internet access... you need two phone lines though! What are the specs (incl OS) of the computer you would dial?

    Yes, that computer can fold. Lastly VPN is not relevant to what you're trying to do.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Um, can a Win98 computer dial on a null modem connect??? No. Can it SHARE internet with another box that is connected to internet??? Sometimes, with Proxying software, FAIRLY SLOWLY.

    Can you use a serial-port-to-serial-port direct data cable link and Telnet to get WUs from another box that has downloaded them??? Yes.

    But, for that we need to know what Windows is on both boxes. And it can get complex.

    SO, for right now, try this:

    Set up TWO clients on your online box. One will have the same ID (user, machine ID, the works) as your non-online box. Get it configged, let it download a WU. Put it in its own folder (the WHOLE CLIENT). Burn the folder to CD at maybe 4X if your new folder has an old CD-ROM drive in it. Leave folder on your main box that is online. Now, take CD, read it in non-online box. Only thing you now HAVE to do is tell the non-online box to do is NOT use the internet without asking. It will ask when it is done. Get the workunit (WORK directory plus QUEUE.dat) onto the identical client in your main box, let it send finished one and load another WU. (maybe use a 4X CD-RW as an EXCHANGE DISK if the old machine not on web can burn CD-RWs, then read the CD-RW on your online box, copy the DATA into the identicall client on online box, start that client).

    On the old box, wipe all the contents of the WORK directory and the file QUEUE.DAT in your main folding client directory. Take the same stuff I keep repeating, (WORK Directory plus QUEUE.DAT), and put the new set on your offline box, just run the client this time.

    See if that process will work, OK???

    IF your online box is on broadband, this is easier, you spend some money for a baby router and let all the boxes surf..... On dialup, EASIEST way is an external modem and a cable switch to send from each client and get new work alternately (one modem, one line, no two boxes online at once, only one box online at a time). Something like a Sportster USR NON USB modem should do what you want OK.

    I know, I did not answer asked question, need more info for that as thread shows already. But, gave a few ways to make things WORK and get box folding. HTH.
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