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Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:42 amby town
What would be the best way to set up 2 computers so they network with each other?
would it be best to use a crossover lead or some sort of hub and do you need to 'tell' these computers about each other?
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:05 amby ozzy72
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:54 amby luke
Good luck with the two Ethernet Cards and a Crossover cable, overall cost
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:10 amby town
Cheers Chaps
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:22 amby congo
You may have onboard networking cards or an ethernet card already installed on the machines. There will be a BIOS switch to enable/disable any onboard ethernet devices if they are present.
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:45 amby luke
YES, that b....... me up a lot untill I found them to disable in bios.
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:17 amby town
Yes I think there are onboard ethernet ports
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:45 amby congo
Use the onboard ones, no need to go out and buy addon ethernet cards. I'm also assuming you have not got a multiport router with an inbuilt switch, if you did, you would network through that.
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:56 amby Brett_Henderson
If you know it'll only be two computers and are OK with having to have the "main" one on and online for the other to get online, a crossover cable setup is fine. Even if you have onboard LAN, you'll need at least one card for the "main" computer, as the onboard will most likely be where your modem plugs in.
I've been sharing a DSL connection and a printer this way for years. No routers or hubs.
XP will walk you through the setup. Compared to previous Windows.. it's incredibly easy..
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:49 amby town
Our broadband modems go through USB ports
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:01 amby Brett_Henderson
I've not any experience using USB for anything other than periphs.. yet.
If you can use USB for that stuff.. why the heck aren't we all networking with USB connections.. why bother with e-net cards and cat-5 at all ?
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:18 amby legoalex2000
forget that. easiest & cheapest way to network two computers is a null modem calbe. it's a serial cable designed to hook up two computers.mabye the technology has aged since ethernet, but it still could work.
Ramos
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:13 pmby town
Got all working fine chaps, the crossover cable works without a hitch.
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Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:34 amby ScorpiŠ¾n
Congratulations!
The networking gods hate me, so I wish I could replicate your results.
Re: Setting up a 'home' network
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Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:22 pmby town
The internet gods hate me on my main computer - these machines are to demo software with ::)