[plug] newbie, adsl, and linux internet sharing queries

[Ari Finander]

My reasons for upgrading to cat5/hub are ease of using the network with the 
laptop 1) because its docking station is cat5 and 2) I want to use it from my 
desk and the bedroom.

Are there pcmcia cards for coax?

Is it possible to put a second network card in my main desktop connecting the 
main desktop system to the laptop docking station with a twisted pair cable, 
while having the main desktop, wife's desktop, and 486 connected over coax, 
and then finally having the 486 connected to the adsl modem via another 
twisted pair cable?  This could also solve my problem of connecitng via the 
bedroom if I install a second network card in my wife's computer (which is 
closer to the bedroom) and string a twisted-pair cable in from there.  I have 
extra network cards, so there'll be no extra cost from that point (very good 
thing), I won't have to buy as much cabling (another good thing), and as long 
as I can plug/unplug the laptop from the network even though it'd be going 
through one of the other two computers connected to the coax then it would 
seem I'd be okay....right?

TIA,

Ari


>===== Original Message From Simon Scott <simon.scott at flexiplan.com> =====
>	Dont bother..... unless you are copying large files from machine to
>machine, youll never flood 10Mbit coax with ADSL.
>
>	Im still on 10Mbit, and no probs..... unless I copy a CD image
>across the network :)
>
>	BTW, it would be easier to just connect the adsl modem to the
>486......
>
>

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