I am running a home network useing win me on all computers
They are all p4 but diferent hardware
I need to connect a laptop, (p3) which only has a usb port, into the system
I did get a usb cable(female to female) which connects the laptop to one computer
I thought mshome (direct cable network) would see the laptop but it did not
Do I need software, and were can I get it
Thanks for any help or sugestions
Diabilo

Re: usb p2p network by Jack

Jack
Wed Nov 26 10:14:12 CST 2003

You need a 10/100 Compact USB Network Adapter, such as the Linksys Model
No. USB100M.
This plugs into the USB port and provides the RJ-45 port.

Many vendors supply an equivalent.
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"Diabilo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am running a home network useing win me on all computers.
> They are all p4 but diferent hardware.
> I need to connect a laptop, (p3) which only has a usb port, into the
system.
> I did get a usb cable(female to female) which connects the laptop to
one computer.
> I thought mshome (direct cable network) would see the laptop but it
did not.
> Do I need software, and were can I get it?
> Thanks for any help or sugestions.
> Diabilo