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I am assuming your network cards have an rj45 plug on them, in that case with only two computers you will need a cat5 cross-over patch cord. You can get them almost anywhere computer supplies are sold. Make sure it is a cross-over and not a straightpatch cable. If you are thinking of adding additional computers in the future, maybe buy a hub and use straight cables. Cross-over is for computer to computer.
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Peer to Peer (Win 98 to Win 98) requires a cross-over cable. NT Server to Win 98 does not.

To explain: Simply put, your Win 98 pc configured to send on one wire and receives on another wire. Lets say it sends on Wire No 1 and receives on Wire No 2. In a peer to peer, both pcs would be trying to send on wire 1 and receive on wire 2, causing data to crash and not communicate at all. With a crossover cable, 1 and 2 are crossed, so each win 98 pc sends on 1 but is received on 2 on the othermachine. Crossover cables are easily detected by a red mark at one end.

NT Server, being a server, has those connections for the wires configured around the other way, so it always sends on 2 and receives on 1, therefore not requiring a crossover cable.

NT Server to Win 98 is not peer to peer, its server to client. Win 98 to Win 98 is peer to peer.

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