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| 199904 | 2003-12-13 04:38:00 | Now it is all falling into place. :D > > From that it appears that one does need a hub as > > well, but if you don't have one then it cant be > > essential? > Not essential - I only have the RTA300 and no hub and my network works perfectly That's good enough for me. ;-) > I was speaking generically, and as the RTA300 is also a hub, its irrelevant. I was wondering if that was the case, it makes sense then if it is. At this stage I'm not too worried about adding a hub to the equation but will do so if necessary later on which brings me to.... > Hubs are cheap. Are there any particular ones to look for or to avoid? |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 199905 | 2003-12-13 04:55:00 | For home use pretty much any switch will do, as opposed to a hub same thing just a little smarter. Cisco and Intel are at the upper end of the cost scale for, eg, but won't benefit you on a simple home network. Nor should you need rack mountable metal cased switches. You can pick up a 4-5 port generic switch for as little as $30. For more outlay you could consider WiFi wireless or even look at an adsl router with a wireless capability now and drop the cables. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 199906 | 2003-12-13 08:08:00 | You may not need a network card in your comps. Almost all modern motherboards have a on board NIC. Check the back of your comps for the Cat5 conection | i-gordon (962) | ||
| 199907 | 2003-12-13 16:28:00 | You may want to check the functionality on the router as well... some don't have VPN passthrough, port forwarding/virtual servers etc which can give you a real headache with some game programs and P2P etc where you need the computer to be directly connected to the net so you can host/create games etc and people can connect to you. Dynlalink RTA300 does it all basically. Most D-Link modems are useless for the above reasons. |
aroc (3256) | ||
| 199908 | 2003-12-15 06:46:00 | > Dynlalink RTA300 does it all basically. Most D-Link modems are useless for the above reasons. Ritey-ho, looks like the Dynaliink RTA300 is the way to go. I'll have a word in Santa's ear this week. ;-) > For home use pretty much any switch will do, as opposed to a hub same thing just a little smarter. Sounds good to me, I'll check them out. > You may not need a network card in your comps. Network cards are installed, that I can guarantee. ;-) Thanks heaps for all the replies, glad I've finally got all that sorted out. :) |
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