Personal computing discussed
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Forge wrote:I think he's saying that he tosses multiple NICs into his machine, and crossovers EVERYONE.
madgun wrote:ya its exactly that. But i dont know how to instal a hub, if i get one what would i do?
cass wrote:Canuckle, not that I am an expert, but If he has the crossover cables made, and gets one of the newer router/switches that take either straight through or crossover cables, couldn't he use his existing crossover cables without loss of performance, or loss of money and time rigging new cables.?
madgun wrote:Actually as i am using xp pro do i need to instal any sort of application in order to use a hub/switch or should i simply use the xp setup.
Another question is while assigning static IP's what should i do.
for example if i have and ip address of
192.168.0.1
should i assign the other computers as
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3
etc...
something like that.
cass wrote:Canuckle, not that I am an expert, but If he has the crossover cables made, and gets one of the newer router/switches that take either straight through or crossover cables, couldn't he use his existing crossover cables without loss of performance, or loss of money and time rigging new cables.?
madgun wrote:do i need to instal any sort of application in order to use a hub/switch...
Another question is while assigning static IP's what should i do.
for example if i have and ip address of
192.168.0.1
should i assign the same ip to all other pc's or
should i assign the other computers as
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3
etc...
just brew it! wrote:Man, this really got out of control in a hurry, didn't it?
I'm rather amazed that you were trying to do this by filling your own PC with NICs to connect to each of the other PCs individually. Talk about doing things the hard way! (A switch is both cheaper and easier...)