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| 172158 | 2003-09-01 06:20:00 | I have a LAN consisting of winxp and win98se using crossover cable. Everything works fine. Now I would like to add another win98se to the existing LAN. I am using dial-up at the moment. Is there a way to connect 3 pc using crossover cable? Or can someone suggest a good/cheap switched hub/router? Thanks. |
amijinx (4450) | ||
| 172159 | 2003-09-01 06:28:00 | Get a switch $40-100+ 5 or 8 port. Just get a generic one for a home network. Hop into the PF1 FAQ page for hints on networking and this site (www.wown.com) is an excellent resource for sharing connections and networking in general. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 172160 | 2003-09-01 06:31:00 | No way to network 3 or more PC's with a cross-over cable. You will need to purchase a hub/switch. A 5-port one will do the job but not much price difference for an 8-port one. Should be able to pick up an 8-port switching hub for about $60-$70. You will also need 3 CAT5 straight-through cables (Your existing cross over cable won't work) |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 172161 | 2003-09-01 06:34:00 | Many thanks for the suggestions. Will get right into it! :) |
amijinx (4450) | ||
| 172162 | 2003-09-02 04:30:00 | CYaBro, You can network 3 or more PC's with a cross-over cable but it's cheaper to use a switch hub as you can pick up 8 port switches around $40. To use a peer to peer network with 3 PCs, requires one computer to have 2 Network Cards (basically it acts like a router/hub) and each crossover cable connects to that PC, also the computer must have a seperate IP address for each network card it has. The reason why you may use a similar method to this is The 1st computer is the gateway/firewall to the internet using an ADSL ethernet modem, then it connects to the main computer or another switch. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 172163 | 2003-09-02 05:55:00 | So you can't connect 3 PC's with A cross-over cable. You need 2 of them! & a second network in one of the PC's! | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 172164 | 2003-09-02 06:04:00 | So we are both right :) | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 172165 | 2003-09-02 07:24:00 | Just to add IMHO if you have a shared adsl connection through an external modem/router its best that the modem/router is the gateway and that requires a switch/hub. No need to bother with ICS in that case as well and the connection is not reliant on one PC being on (the gateway) just the modem/router. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 172166 | 2003-09-02 09:46:00 | I've done what Kame mentioned, but with 4 PC's... and just bridged the connections to get them all on a one LAN. We had 4 ex-servers.... already had two NIC's in them, and the guy I was with wanted to try it just for the hell of it, and stuck with it.. :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 172167 | 2003-09-02 10:48:00 | Hehe, OK but what if I buy 'a 15 M Cross-over cable' and cut it into 5M... well you get the drift :P |
Kame (312) | ||
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