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From: Tom Rauschenbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 6:30 PM
To: Mansur, Warren; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: first LAN
Thanks to Warren Mansur for his useful answer, but I'm not looking for an
internet connectivity solution (well that's not true; I am but that's
related
to the LAN issue). My question is really limited to just the LAN. Here in
Peterborough, Interent access options are pretty much limited to dial up.
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Hi,
It seems you have already gotten a hub and are well on your way in making
LAN, but FYI I had also put information at the bottom of the message about
just a local area network with no outside connection:
[...]
If you just want to create a LAN that doesn't talk with the outside world,
then just get 1 10/100 switch (with enough ports to support your number of
computers), and as many cat 5 (100 Megabit) cables as you need to connect
your computers to the switch. Then, for each computer, configure the
network as the following:
gateway: no value
subnet mask: choose any one, as long as it's the same on each computer (e.g.
255.255.255.0)
ip address: choose an IP address differing only by the last number, so if
you had three computers you could use (the first three numbers are mostly
arbitrary although a few are restricted):
149.159.118.1
149.159.118.2
149.159.118.3
Then, your computers can talk with each other with no problem, and even WINS
will work since they are local. You'll have a true 100 MBIT network
(fast!!)
I recommend a switch instead of a hub because switches are "smart" and they
only send packets to the computer that needs to hear them, whereas a hub
just sends everything to all computers.
[snip]
Regards,
Warren
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Mansur, Warren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do you want DSL or a cable modem? If so I recommend getting LinkSys
> DSL/Cable router. It acts as a 10/100 switch internally. It also acts as
a
> gateway to your DSL modem/Cable modem. Here's how it works (overview):
[snip]
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