Peter,

Set up system number one with all of your nav and charting software adding
your GPS and/or radar and/or autopilot to that system. Get that system
totally debugged and running as it should.

Install a wired 10/100 base-t or wireless 802.11b/g Ethernet so the two
systems can communicate over your newly created network.

Now install PCAnywhere or Timbuktu for Windows
http://www.netopia.com/software/products/tb2/ on both systems.

From your FB (or any where else if you go wireless) you will be able to view
and control your other pc as if you were sitting at the system it is
installed in.


Hope this helps,
David Moore

"peter" wrote in message
...
I have a dual helm trawler, 40', and plan to add electronic charting with
a
good GPS with an external arial. I want to view this on a lap top
independent of input wiring so I can go to either helm whenever so .......
I
want to install a Local Area Network (all new to me but sounds
reasonable).

Has anyone tried to do this? Sounds so practical. I have yet to buy
anything yet so any advice would be a help! Guess I need a GPS, laptop
with plotting software and LAN module, and the where-with-all to get the
data out to the LAN from the GPS.

Thanks all!