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You should be able to run ppp over that serial link...but I've no idea how to do it.<br />
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On the other hand, the Netgear FA310TX 10/100 PCI nic is $17 at <a href="http://www.ic-direct.com/" rel="ugc">http://www.ic-direct.com/</a>&nbsp;, and a cross-over CAT5 cable will set you back about, oh $10, so for $44, you can have a 10 megabit network. &nbsp;Or, for the $10 for a proper serial cable (null modem cable?) you can have a 9600 bit per second network.<br />
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If you want to transfer files at all, I'd get the ethernet NICs.
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You should be able to run ppp over that serial link...but I've no idea how to do it.

On the other hand, the Netgear FA310TX 10/100 PCI nic is $17 at http://www.ic-direct.com/ [http://www.ic-direct.com/] , and a cross-over CAT5 cable will set you back about, oh $10, so for $44, you can have a 10 megabit network.  Or, for the $10 for a proper serial cable (null modem cable?) you can have a 9600 bit per second network.

If you want to transfer files at all, I'd get the ethernet NICs.

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Thanks, I get the picture but theres not a lot of detail.
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Thanks, I get the picture but theres not a lot of detail.

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I have two machines; a linux box and a PC with windows 95. I want to create a TCP/IP connection between the two via a serial cable. I don't have network cards and I don't want to dial the Linux box from the PC via a modem.<br />
I just want to use a direct serial connection.<br />
How do I do it ?
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I have two machines; a linux box and a PC with windows 95. I want to create a TCP/IP connection between the two via a serial cable. I don't have network cards and I don't want to dial the Linux box from the PC via a modem.
I just want to use a direct serial connection.
How do I do it ?

Connecting Windows 95 to Linux via RS232 (serial) cable

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.