Glad you got things working but a couple of things to keep in mind. If you plug all of the computers into the switch/hub and then the hub is connected to the Airport then you're going to create a bottleneck at that Airport port. I understand that the Airport doesn't have a lot of ports on it and that you're sharing the Internet bandwidth anyway but if you've got a lot of internal network traffic and external traffic through to the Internet and everything is passing through that one 10/100 mbps port there's going to be a slowdown there.
If you add another hub add it directly to the Airport if possible. If not, make sure you use the correct port on the other hub to daisy chain them or you will be splitting the bandwidth even farther. Now, it's obvious that you have quite a collection of Macs and it may be that no more than two are being used at any given time in which case what I've stated above won't really be an issue for you. -tom > ---------- > From: B Gardner > Subject: Re: Please HELP? > > Thanks for the reply from so many of you. I got an education so let me > pass on what I learned. The DSL modem works as a simple router in it's > normal state as shipped. The modem has a setting that can be accessed > online that allows you to disable it's ability to act as a router. It > simply passes addresses through then. > > I disabled this ability and connected it to the WAN port of the > Airport. Configured the Airport to connect to the Internet using PPPoe. > Then, configured the Airport to use DCHP to the connected computers. I > then plugged the Fast Ethernet Switch (NetGear 8 port) to the LAN side > of the Airport. I then connected all the computers to the 8 port switch > and configured them to use DCHP in the TCP/IP control. The Airport then > acts as the "router" assigning a 10.0.x.x address to each computer > connected allowing each computer to be networked. The DSL connection is > then passed on to the computers through the Airport network. > > I have some non OS 9 computers connected and they can be accessed on > the network but will not connect to the Internet as TCP/IP is needed > and is not available from any system earlier than OS 9. That is okay > though as I can always access them through the network which is all I > need from those Macs. > > This configuration allows me to connect a IBM laptop (Windows 98), > Aluminum PowerBook G4 (10.3.2), Beige G3 (10.2.6), PowerBook G3 (OS > 9.2.2), Q630 (OS 8.1), Q840 (OS 7.6), iMac DV SE (OS 9.2.2) and later, > a Q6500 (OS 9.2.2). If your counting, that is one port more that I need > on the 8-port switch than there is available. > > To get around this, I will add another 5 port switch to the 8-port > switch and see what happens. I am interested to see the result. > > For what it is worth, I hope this information will help others in my > situation. > > Thanks, > Byron > -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
