Help: peer-to-peer network

From: 花开满月Full Moon during Blooming Flowers (tangdynasty_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:39:31 +0800

Learned ones,

What is the set-up for peer-to-peer network for 2 home pc.. Could we
use 2 network cards link with standard network cable? heard that a
twisted standard network cable is needed.

And what are settings needed to be configured for Windows98 and Linux.

Thanks.