trackrat Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Is their such a device, like a USB hub that allows you to share 2 computers on one modem.One is running Linux, the other is running XP home SP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 You need a router. The cable modem connect to the router and ther router to the computers. We have 5 computers and a PS2 unit running off a single cable connection via a router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 or ICS, but that requires a direct connection, usually achieved through use of a cross-over cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted July 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 or ICS, but that requires a direct connection, usually achieved through use of a cross-over cable.Could you elaborate on your staement a bit more please Scarecrow Man, how would you go about setting up a crossover cable.What ports would be needed, do i need 2 lan ports on the one machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micken Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 If yuor computers are close to each other you can join them together by having a LAN card in each and using an ethernet crossover lead between these cards. You will have one of these computers (which is commonly called the gateway computer) connected to your broadband modem. This is also likely to be connected via an ethernet lead, in which case yes you would need two LAN cards in this gateway. Hope this helps. Post back more specific details about your setup and what you want from it.Just out of interest I have a gateway computer that shares its broadband connection with three others through a switched hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 On reading the above reply what does a switched hub do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted July 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I am just putting a shuttle together to experiment with Linux and I want to connect it to my broadband connection which is currently on my main machine.Both machines will have an ethernet port.Do I need to add a LAN card to the XP machine and use a crossover cable to connect them.? :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micken Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 How does your broadband connect to your main machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted July 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 lan port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micken Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 So you'll need an extra LAN card in your gateway. A switched hub takes the networked LAN connection from the gateway, replacing the crossover lead in your setup. The hub is capable of sending this information (which can be from the internet) to four other computers. Thus the small network can have shared resources, printers, files etc. That's the theory but the practice is far more fun. :P :P :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 No extra lan cards, just a cheap router like this should do everything you need!http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=52897Should be incredibly easy to set up, since it is only wired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micken Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 If you want to read into it there's plenty of info here.http://www.windowsnetworking.comWhen I first got into this I found the info by J. Helmig very useful.Router would be a good way to go, particularly if you want to add more computers later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 You can configure your Linux machine as a router using IPTABLES (it's not that hard) and all you need is another NIC.http://www.linux-guruz.com for tutorials and iptables scripts, I can also post mine if you wish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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