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| Thread ID: 59577 | 2005-07-06 09:45:00 | Network concept - Will this work? | Renmoo (66) | Press F1 |
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| 369943 | 2005-07-06 09:45:00 | Hello people, I've a Compaq laptop (let's call it A) and a Dell computer (Call it B). My dad is going to bring over his laptop to NZ after his project in overseas is completed. I was thinking of networking up both A and B with an ethernet crossover cable. B will be connected to the Internet using dial-up connection. How should I configure the IP and subnet mask? Because the last time I attempted to share the Internet connection between the 2 machines, I get IP conflict error. Also, what kind of Internet connection speed would I be expecting on A since it is connected to the net via B as a Internet gateway? Will the speed be the same for both? Thanks again Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 369944 | 2005-07-06 09:59:00 | possible the machine that is hosting the internet connection is known as the gateway you need to enter the ip of the host machine (pc providing the internet connection) in the gateway area of ip config of the secound machine. as for speed on dailup it will be noticable drop in preformance I have the same setup with one difference the laptop is fc2 and the host machine is xp on a adhoc network (crossover cable) |
beama (111) | ||
| 369945 | 2005-07-06 10:00:00 | That kinda of a setup is pretty simple - just let Windows do it. Setup ICS on B, and set A to obtain IP and DNS automatically. The speed should be about the same - theoretically it should be 56k from both PCs, not taking into account traffic overhead, broadcasts, keepalives, etc. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 369946 | 2005-07-07 01:14:00 | ... theoretically it should be 56k from both PCs... The total theoretical rate is 56kbps. There is one telephone line and one modem. If both are using it, they share the total amount between them.The sharing might not necessarily be "fair". ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 369947 | 2005-07-07 01:23:00 | errrrrrr.........along the same thoughts..........forget microsofts ICS prog it's crap and somewhat difficult.........goto www.analogx.com and look thru their 'network' downloads for 'proxy'.......its EXTREMELY simple to use and works very very well for this type of thing.......also .....as for your connectino speeds....well it wont make a lot of difference unless boths pc's are downloading pages/files whatever at the same time otherwise only one pc is in the process of downloading so therefore it'll get all the available bandwidth.......... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 369948 | 2005-07-07 01:24:00 | here: www.analogx.com | drcspy (146) | ||
| 369949 | 2005-07-13 06:55:00 | Thanks for the great reply, everyone. However, another question is troubling me as well. Let's say I have 3 computers, named X, Y and Z. X and Y have only 1 Network (RJ-45) port while Z has 2 on its motherboard. Can I link X and Y to Z using 2 crossover LAN cable? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 369950 | 2005-07-13 07:03:00 | You could try, but a hub would be better. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 369951 | 2005-07-13 07:23:00 | You could try, but a hub would be better. Economically, crossover is cheaper than getting a hub, right? Though I agree that the performance of a crossover is as good as getting a hub. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 369952 | 2005-07-13 09:36:00 | True, but it depends if u decide to network more PC's later on . And how many ports the port switch / hub has . On how much it'll cost . I dont think the performance will be affected if u use a crossover or a hub (using 2 PC's) . I was using a crossover for about 4-5 years . Never had a prob . I just got a hub, coz I made up another system, that I wanted to connect to the network here . The only diff with crossover, and a hub, is the hub doesnt need the crossover cable . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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