Dear Benedikt

There is no problem doing this. Just put a network card in the second
PC and connect that to the net. If they won't give you an additional
port to connect it to then get a mini hub (say < $300.000) and connect
that to the network port and the PC's to it. Using microsoft windows
networking (Windows for Workgroups 3.11 is compatible with the Zeiss
-I'm not sure about windows 95 on a zeiss) software the two PC will be
able to talk to each other (and any other PC on that side of the
router). You do not need IP addresses to use microsoft network...

By the way, the excuse offered by your networking people is
appalling! It should only take them 10 mins to give you an IP address
and add that to the DNS...

Go for it!

Regards

Mark Cannell



On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:03:43 -0400 Benedikt Kost wrote:

> From: Benedikt Kost <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:03:43 -0400
> Subject: Zeiss LSM410/network connections
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> The PC that runs our Zeiss LSM 410 contains an eithernet card and is
hooked
> up to the internet. Now, we would like to be able to routinely
shuttle
> large files between this PC and second PC in the same room.
Networking
> people on the campus don't want us to use their internet
fascilities, they
> are afraid this would require too much time and space. What they
suggest is
> to use large removable harddisks or to set-up a local network
between the
> two computers. The latter solution appears more appealing to us. In
order
> to go for it, we would have to add a second network card to the LSM
> computer.
>
> So, here's my question:
>
> Does anybody have experience, good or bad, with the LSM410 system
hooked up
> to two independent networks (the internet and a local network)?
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> Benedikt Kost
>
>
>
>
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