Question about 2 NICs in same PC

[Special K]

I have determined that my 3com NIC is incompatible with my ENI dsl modem (it works in every LAN situation I have put it in, but wont work with any of that type of modem. That isn't a big deal for me since I will be going to college this fall anyway, and will be using the network there). Anyway, I was wondering if this would be possible: I have 2 PC's, one has a kingston NIC that works fine with the dsl modem. The other is a new one with the 3com NIC I mentioned earlier. Could I put 2 NICs in the PC with the kingston NIC, then run a straight through cable from the PC to the modem, and then a crossover cable from the 2nd NIC to the 2nd PC? Would that work? What else do I need to set up? Do the NICs have to be the same brand/model to work in the same PC?

 

[n0cmonkey]

You can do it. The machine in the middle would have to be able to forward packets and you can use any type of network cards.

 

[JackMDS]

That will work fine. The only thing you have to do after establishing a working Network is to configure ICS (on the Win98SE CD), so you can Route the Internet to both computers.

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