Ohad Lutzky wrote:I'm a total networking noob, but I'd like to set up a home network. My current PC (running Linux) is connected over ADSL using rp-pppoe. It has a printer as well, running on CUPS. My other PC, an old Packard Bell (bleh) P133 running (walking, rather) Win98. How would I set this up? The only home LAN setup I've ever seen is connecting the hub to the modem, and then connecting PCs to the hub. But my ADSL connection requires me to "log in" (rp-pppoe takes care of that). Also, will the two PCs "see" each other on a local network? Or will they have to communicate over the external network? If so, how will they be assigned different IPs?
I'm afraid you can't connect a modem to a hub (in this circumstance) :)
If your ADSL modem only has an ethernet port, your linux box will need two network cards. One to connect the PC to the hub, and one to connect the PC to the modem. If the modem has a USB port, and it's one of the (relatively few) ADSL modems with a Linux driver, you could connect it via USB and thus avoid the need for a second network card.
Wrong ;)
i used this config for a while (before buying a second NIC on my gateway ;p) :
adsl model (ethernet) connected on hub, three pcs on th same hub (1 linux gateway, 2 workstation under linux/win XP)
and i was able to use the modem from every pc (only one at a time though ;p), i never understood how, but it worked, and allowed me to reinstall my gateway using internet (useful for gentoo ;p) via my main workstation, withtout having to modify any physical connections in my network...
maybe it was a patricular case, but i don't think so =)
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