[newbie] OT - Which ethernet cable to use
Hi all OT I know, but I can't figure out what type of Cat 5 UTP cable (and possibly adapters) I am supposed to use with this 5-port switching hub I picked up at the auction. The hub manual says: quote Fast Ethernet Ports These ports require Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. These ports can be used to connect to individual workstations, servers or other Ethernet devices. The attached station must be within 100 meters of the 10/100 Switching Hub, and a straight-through cable must be used when connecting a single-address device or a crossover cable when connecting a multi-address device such as a 100Base-TX repeater. When connecting a workstation or a server, a standard 100BASE-TX adapter must be installed. /quote I have 3 PCs that I want to network with one being used solely as a firewall with ipcop. Each PC has a NIC. I connect to the internet via a dialup modem. My theory so far: 1. Connect external dialup modem to firewall machine which will provide internet access to the other 2 machines. 2. Connect each of the 3 machines to the hub with (?) cat 5 utp cable and (?) adapters. Could someone please enlighten this thick newbie as to which cable and adapters (if any) I should use? Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Which ethernet cable to use
Cat 5 cables are pretty standard. Any store that sells hubs, should also carry them. There are no adapters to be concerned with. One end of the cable goes into a nick, the other end into the hub. Now with your firewall, one nic is going to be connected to the dls/cable modem, but you'll need a second nic (and cable) to go from the firewall to the hub. If you plan to use only one nic in the firewall, you'll have what's known as a 'one arm firewall'. It would require a second IP on the nic, and is a more complex setup. Hope some of this helps, ~Brandon On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 12:19, Sharrea wrote: Hi all OT I know, but I can't figure out what type of Cat 5 UTP cable (and possibly adapters) I am supposed to use with this 5-port switching hub I picked up at the auction. The hub manual says: quote Fast Ethernet Ports These ports require Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. These ports can be used to connect to individual workstations, servers or other Ethernet devices. The attached station must be within 100 meters of the 10/100 Switching Hub, and a straight-through cable must be used when connecting a single-address device or a crossover cable when connecting a multi-address device such as a 100Base-TX repeater. When connecting a workstation or a server, a standard 100BASE-TX adapter must be installed. /quote I have 3 PCs that I want to network with one being used solely as a firewall with ipcop. Each PC has a NIC. I connect to the internet via a dialup modem. My theory so far: 1. Connect external dialup modem to firewall machine which will provide internet access to the other 2 machines. 2. Connect each of the 3 machines to the hub with (?) cat 5 utp cable and (?) adapters. Could someone please enlighten this thick newbie as to which cable and adapters (if any) I should use? Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] OT - Which ethernet cable to use
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:19:27 +1300 Sharrea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all OT I know, but I can't figure out what type of Cat 5 UTP cable (and possibly adapters) I am supposed to use with this 5-port switching hub I picked up at the auction. The hub manual says: quote Fast Ethernet Ports These ports require Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. These ports can be used to connect to individual workstations, servers or other Ethernet devices. The attached station must be within 100 meters of the 10/100 Switching Hub, and a straight-through cable must be used when connecting a single-address device or a crossover cable when connecting a multi-address device such as a 100Base-TX repeater. When connecting a workstation or a server, a standard 100BASE-TX adapter must be installed. /quote I have 3 PCs that I want to network with one being used solely as a firewall with ipcop. Each PC has a NIC. I connect to the internet via a dialup modem. My theory so far: 1. Connect external dialup modem to firewall machine which will provide internet access to the other 2 machines. 2. Connect each of the 3 machines to the hub with (?) cat 5 utp cable and (?) adapters. Could someone please enlighten this thick newbie as to which cable and adapters (if any) I should use? Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers Sharrea Uhm, I think this is unclear documentation. It seems to me you just have to connect your 3 machines to the hub with standard 'patch' (cat 5) utp cables. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] OT - Which ethernet cable to use
Title: RE: [newbie] OT - Which ethernet cable to use -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sharrea Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT - Which ethernet cable to use Hi all OT I know, but I can't figure out what type of Cat 5 UTP cable (and possibly adapters) I am supposed to use with this 5-port switching hub I picked up at the auction. The hub manual says: quote Fast Ethernet Ports These ports require Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. These ports can be used to connect to individual workstations, servers or other Ethernet devices. The attached station must be within 100 meters of the 10/100 Switching Hub, and a straight-through cable must be used when connecting a single-address device or a crossover cable when connecting a multi-address device such as a 100Base-TX repeater. When connecting a workstation or a server, a standard 100BASE-TX adapter must be installed. /quote I have 3 PCs that I want to network with one being used solely as a firewall with ipcop. Each PC has a NIC. I connect to the internet via a dialup modem. My theory so far: 1. Connect external dialup modem to firewall machine which will provide internet access to the other 2 machines. 2. Connect each of the 3 machines to the hub with (?) cat 5 utp cable and (?) adapters. Could someone please enlighten this thick newbie as to which cable and adapters (if any) I should use? Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today All you need is a plain cat5 cable not a cat5 crossover cable most computer stores carry them. They look round, come in different colors and have what looks like a telephone plug end on both ends. Plug into the ethernet card on the computer and the other end into the switch. Your above theory should work. If you have problems connect the modem to the uplink position on the switch and both NICs on the firewall into the switch. Sounds dumb but it was the only way I could get a cable modem to work. There should be no adapters needed just the cable. HTH Dennis M.
Re: [newbie] OT - Which ethernet cable to use
On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 07:19, Sharrea wrote: Hi all OT I know, but I can't figure out what type of Cat 5 UTP cable (and possibly adapters) I am supposed to use with this 5-port switching hub I picked up at the auction. The hub manual says: quote Fast Ethernet Ports These ports require Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. These ports can be used to connect to individual workstations, servers or other Ethernet devices. The attached station must be within 100 meters of the 10/100 Switching Hub, and a straight-through cable must be used when connecting a single-address device or a crossover cable when connecting a multi-address device such as a 100Base-TX repeater. When connecting a workstation or a server, a standard 100BASE-TX adapter must be installed. /quote I have 3 PCs that I want to network with one being used solely as a firewall with ipcop. Each PC has a NIC. I connect to the internet via a dialup modem. My theory so far: 1. Connect external dialup modem to firewall machine which will provide internet access to the other 2 machines. 2. Connect each of the 3 machines to the hub with (?) cat 5 utp cable and (?) adapters. Could someone please enlighten this thick newbie as to which cable and adapters (if any) I should use? Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers Sharrea Easy way: The dialout machine (the one that has the modem in it already and you're dialing up to the internet with) would be the firewall and IP masquerading server. It plugs into the switching hub, as do the rest. Regular CAT5 - nothing special. The other two machines just plug into the switching hub as well. Set the dial out machine to 192.168.0.1, and the other two machines to the same static IP structure - i.e., 192.168.0.20, 192.168.0.30 (or whatever you desire). After you've confirmed that the three can talk or see each other well, start working on your firewall. Without knowing what setup you're using for the firewall (ipchains or iptables) - the software you're using should have some place to setup the IP masquerading - forwarding ppp0 calls over eth0 - I personally don't like using third party programs, but do the scripts manually along with setting up the IP masquerading manually. It's a relatively easy setup, but I do remember when I was first doing it, it sucked, and it appeared quite more complex than what it really is. If you want more detailed help, feel free to email me offlist. -- Wed Jan 15 07:50:00 EST 2003 7:50am up 23:31, 4 users, load average: 0.22, 0.12, 0.09 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- FOUR QUEENS. HMM. THAT IS VERY HIGH. Death looked down at his cards, and then up into Granny's steady, blue-eyed gaze. Neither moved for some time. Then Death laid the hand on the table. I LOSE, he said. ALL I HAVE IS FOUR ONES. (Maskerade) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
