1/7 If you have DSL at home, do you just need a 10/100Base-T hub to set
up a LAN? Or do you need a router/switcher?
\_ Yes. You need a router and a switch. Most broadband routers
include a built-in switch, so, you might not need to buy a switch
separately.
\_ What's the price of a switch, a hub, or a router nowadays?
\_ OK, new acronym: GTFG. Go to fucking Google. RTFM is
just too narrow for today's information techonology env.
Or maybe UTID. Use the Internet, Dumbass.
\_ dang, that question really pains you alot huh.
\_ there already is a common acronym. It's STFW
(Search the Fucking Web).
\_ $100 or less without a wireless access point. If you get
a router with a wireless access point its going to cost
between $160 and $300. See http://www.practicallynetworked.com
for reviews .. SMC and Netgear seem to be making pretty
good stuff in general.
\_ http://Pricewatch.com is your friend here, not google.
\_ do you have multiple IPs? if not, and if you want multiple machines
to be able to access the internet, you'll need something to do NAT.
\_ What I did (and many others): ISP -> Cable/DSL -> Computer External
Interface. Then Computer has second NIC which is Internal Interface
-> Hub/Switch. Computer runs NAT/Proxy/whatever. Internal net is
10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x or 172.??? (I forget the third non-routable
net). So you get: ISP -> DSL -> Computer External <-> Computer/NAT
<-> Computer Internal -> Hub/Switch <- Other Computers on Internal
Net. The External IP is assigned by your ISP. Some DSL modems
will do NAT so you get: ISP -> DSL (uses ISP assigned IP) <-> All
Computers on Interal 10.x.x.x interface via NAT on the DSL modem.
\_ You are nothing more than a common thief:
http://www.cedmagazine.com/ced/2001/1101/11d.htm
\_ Troll, don't be stupid. My ISP has directions posted on how
to use NAT. NO COOKIE! --Nat User posting info above
\_ "Gyp-sies, tramps, and thieves, we'd hear it from the people
of the town..."
\_ This has got to be a joke.
\_ actually to just make your LAN out of your DSL, cable service,
wouldn't a regular hub be enuf? Or is it not true for people
don't have static IP?
\_ No. Who is providing IP addresses? You need Nat or you
need to buy/rent multiple IPs. IP addresses don't magically
appear when you plug into a hub.
\_ Yes. You need a router and a switch. Most broadband routers
include a built-in switch, so, you might not need to buy a switch
separately.
\_ What's the price of a switch, a hub, or a router nowadays?
\_ OK, new acronym: GTFG. Go to fucking Google. RTFM is
just too narrow for today's information techonology env.
Or maybe UTID. Use the Internet, Dumbass.
\_ dang, that question really pains you alot huh.
\_ $100 or less without a wireless access point. If you get
a router with a wireless access point its going to cost
between $160 and $300. See http://www.practicallynetworked.com
for reviews .. SMC and Netgear seem to be making pretty
good stuff in general.
\_ http://Pricewatch.com is your friend here, not google. |
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