To follow up on Danny's answers, and to save you a lot of trouble, if it
doesn't cost too much skip the 3 NICs and just use two and buy an extra
hub. Use one NIC for the DSL, and plug the second NIC into the extra
hub (or switch) which then services the other two hubs. That way you
won't have any problems sharing data between the machines, as they will
all be on the same subnet. It just takes a bit of extra effort to make
the machines talk across subnets with Windows, and having one subnet
will make your new life as a system admin much easier.
Good Luck,
Jon
Danny Carter wrote:
>
> First off, there are NO stupid questions.
>
> What we would like to do is build a box with thre NICs. The
> > first would be for the DSL line and the other two NICs would each
> service a
> > hub. Is this feasible?
>
> Yes
>
> > I also have the questions:
> >
> > 1: I've never used hubs before, how do you assign IP addresses to
> each
> > port. Can somebody post a URL(s) for HOW-TOs about this?
> >
>
> Hubs are passive devices and do not need to be set for IP addresses. You
> usually have an uplink port (depending on the make/model), that will be
> either the highest or lowest numbered port on the hub.
>
> > 2: When using multiple hubs like this, are these referred to as
> subnet?
>
> Yes, you can have a subnet to each hub, depending on what IP address
> range that you set for each nic.
>
> > 3: Is it possible to "daisy-chain" the hubs?
>
> Yes. This was answered in the answer to Number 1 above.
>
> > 4: What are good brands for inexpensive hubs? What gotchas shouod
> I
> > watch out for? Also, I'll need to PCI NICs. Recommendations?
>
> I use a 3com hub and nics, but there are some very good units available
> from Linksys also. For the type of nics to use, that depends on your
> particular setup.
> Look for nics that have Linux packages available.
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