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| Thread ID: 69582 | 2006-06-06 02:43:00 | Setting up a home network | Robin S_ (86) | Press F1 |
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| 460943 | 2006-06-06 02:43:00 | FYI. From time to time on PressF1 I see requests for help from people who are having difficulty in setting up a home p2p network, particularly using a crossover cable connection. It is not easy to find info on this topic on the net because the great bulk of the related stuff there is appropriate to p2p networking using the net to download music, videos etc. I have found an excellent page here - www.duxcw.com and a less detailed one here - razertech.com/edge/hardware/crossover/crossover.htm In view of the amounts of data people wish to transfer these days when swapping cptrs, and that data transfer is so much faster using a crossover cable connection (15 - 20 min/GB as opposed to 1hr for USB and 2 - 5hr for a parallel cable), perhaps this would be a worthwhile topic for a PressF1 FAQ by someone with appropriate experience. |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 460944 | 2006-06-06 03:07:00 | Thats a good idea I wonder if it is time for someone to go over the FAQs that are on here and update and add to them where necessary reading through some of the names on the old FAQs makes me wonder whatever happened to those people |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 460945 | 2006-06-06 03:21:00 | I think a general TCP/IP networking FAQ would be a good idea too. Incorrect understanding of this protocol causes so much grief and it's usually relatively simple to fix. I would be happy to contribute to this. One of your links is out of date - NetBEUI really shouldn't be used anymore, particularly as it's not installed by default in any version of Windows since 98SE (I think - it's possible that ME may also have had this). |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 460946 | 2006-06-06 03:41:00 | we did have a networking FAQ, not sure where its disappeared to. mind you there is heaps of sites on it eg www.practicallynetworked.com/ and http: | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 460947 | 2006-06-06 05:16:00 | Still, even if we do have one it might be an idea to upgrade it - NAT/LAN setups are a lot more common than they used to be, and DHCP is now a bigger issue too. [edit: If we have one, where is it? I was unable to find it on the FAQ page.] [edit 2: The IRC FAQ needs updating too.] |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 460948 | 2006-06-06 05:31:00 | pressf1.pcworld.co.nz the old FAQ. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 460949 | 2006-06-06 05:36:00 | I got no problem setting home network except configuration mode which is complicated (you need to know Microsoft language) | MTLance (6768) | ||
| 460950 | 2006-06-06 06:11:00 | I have an idea (pressf1.co.nz). | Erayd (23) | ||
| 460951 | 2006-06-06 06:50:00 | pressf1.pcworld.co.nz the old FAQ. Not sure why that FAQ missed the boat but it should be with the others. There are other FAQs that are floating around that should also be in the FAQ section. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 460952 | 2006-06-06 10:17:00 | Thanks for the extra links and hints etc folks. A wiki or an updated FAQ which appears on the list - I wouldn't mind which. I'm sure it would be popular. | Robin S_ (86) | ||
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