New to Networking ?

[digitaldog]

This is a gray area for me, lol. I want to network my two PC's together but would like to know what the best budget setup would be ?
Cheers DD http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/smile.gif

[Bartleby]

Depends if you will ever be connecting them to a third device ( other pc, cable modem...)

the easiest way to connect 2 computers is via a cross-over cable. they go for about $5 - $10. add some cheap nic's - ISA 10baseT will work fine - $10 used.

once the hardware is set up, windows networking is fairly easy. either use tcp/ip or netbeui as a protocol. tcp/ip requires that each nic has a unique ip address. Use 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

you can now share files and printers between the two computers.

Hope that's budget enough for you http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/smile.gif


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ASCII stupid question,
get a stupid ANSII

[Jeffy79]

I myself am very picky when it comes to hardware and well now adays stuff is getting better and better. I decided to order myself a realtek based card, called asound. Well they are 6 bucks NEW NOT USED. They are 10/100 so you don't overpay for 10baset isa. These are pci, and not cheap crap. GO to www.pricewatch.com (http://www.pricewatch.com) or go here http://www.cardinal-computer.com/networking.html and select the one that says.


Asound Network Card 10/100 RJ45 PCI Ethernet Adapter Fast Netcard

Regular price: $17.95
Sale price: $6.00

This a excellent deal, ground brought me to 15 total, but come on thats good! I use those cards and well I have 3, and they are flawless. They install with super ease and they are actually small cards too. Crossover cable you can get for cheap as bartelby said. Or say you want to add a 3rd computer later, get yourself a 4 port hub, but these are around 30 bucks. But networking is very fun, and if ya need help ill help ya http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/smile.gif.


JW

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Oh my god! I came back!

[digitaldog]

Thanks for your replies and all the info. I wont be starting networking just yet as other projects need finishing but as soon as I get around to it I'll probably be in this forum alot http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/smile.gif Cheers DD.

[Jeffy79]

Once you start, you won't want to stop, that is if everything works fine http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif


JW

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Oh my god! I came back!

[digitaldog]

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to getting into Networking http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/smile.gifCheers DD.

[Necessary Evil]

Im looking at my Toshiba cable modem and just thinking..why in the hell doesnt it come with Two ports....LOL

[Toolbox]

I'm going to try and get deep into Networking as well.

[Marek88]

DITO http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/wink.gif