On Wed, 18 May 2005 23:37:56 +1200 Rosemary McGillicuddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 May 2005 12:15, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > > >>Does that mean a special two way cable, or some otherlink? > >> > >>No I don't have samba set up. I'm very unclear about any knid of > >>networking. > > > > > > OK - the best physical way to set up a network is to use a switched hub - > > they > > are not expensive - and a NIC in each box, connected to the hub by a cat5 > > cable. That's easy if they are physically fairly close, though re-wiring > > the > > whole house is more problematic :-) > > > > Best of all is if you can spend a little more to buy a router that includes > > some hub capability. They are often described as having two or four RJ45 > > sockets. If you can do that you configure the router to be the gateway to > > the Internet, and both computers connect through that. It's easy to get > > this > > set up with the help of the list. HTH > > > > Anne > Okay - this sounds like my best option - saw some of these items today, > I think, when I was looking for the KVM switch. Waiting now for next > pay day :-) > Thanks > > -- > Rosemary > > Registered Linux User # 386597 http://counter.li.org > "A friend may well be a masterpiece of nature". Emerson > I have a spare router just collecting dust. Are you in the US? You are welcome to it. Lee
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