I try to find the type of nic with both 10baseT (twisted pair) and 10base2
(thin ethernet or coax) connectors. To start your network start with thin
ethernet (coax), all you need are a T-connector for each nic and terminators
at each end (and the cable of course). With 10baseT you need a hub, I
finally broke down and bought one (I have 7 computers connected) but they
aren't cheap. I paid about $75 for a hub with 18 ports. No, I don't know of
a way of making your Linux box a "hub" unless you used a seperate nic for
each computer you wanted to connect to, more expensive and more complicated
than just buying a hub!
I have compiled a lot of Linux networking info and published it here;
http://www.on-net.net/~jsprag/linuxnet.htm
as to your scsi question; check the Linux hardware compatibility lists
(sorry don't have a link for that). Linux is compatible with more scsi cards
than Windows NT!!
A rule of thumb; Linux has compatibility with most hardware except for maybe
the latest and greatest (and just wait a little while for that). I have an
old 486 with an Advansys scsi card, I installed RedHat and SuSe (over the
wire!!) with no problem but to install NT I had to go to Advansys' web site
for the drivers and jump some hoops to do an install "over the wire".
Jeroen wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> First of all to you all a happy new year, and a good healt.
>
> I got hold of a CD-Rom drive and a HDD both SCSI, now I don't know
> annything about SCSI so my first question is, what brand/type of SCSI
> cards/adapters (don't know how to call it) is best supported in Linux?
>
> Now this could be a stupid question but here goes, say I got three pc's
> and four ethernet cards but no hub, is there a way I can use one pc as a
>
> hub to connect all three of them without an actual hub?
>
> Greeting to you all and thanx in advance,
> Jeroen
