[plug] Home Networking

[Phillip Steege]

That is what I have at home now, a three node network.
One running Mandrake 7.1 acts as my firewall/ISP connection, one Windoze
NT4.0 workstation for my wife's internet activity, and one Windoze 98 game
machine (only until I can get all my games running with "wine" on my Linux
box, and then I will put two Linux machines on the network).
I bought three PCI 10Mb network cards, and a 4 port hub from a local PC shop
(an 8 port is better if you wish to expand in the future).  I put each of
the computers and one printer on the hub (you can leave the printer off the
hub and connect it to the Linux box as a print server if you like).  Four
CAT5 10BaseT cables from Radio shack (if you can't build them yourself).
Just read the Linux man/doc files or get the book "Networking by Example" by
QUE (Press & Press) and you will have all the information you need to setup
your home network.
Good luck.

----- Original Message -----
From: Clint Carlson <clintcar at bigpond.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:11 PM
Subject: [plug] Home Networking


> This is a fairly open ended question, so I will try to give as much info
as
> possible. There are three computers in the house in which I live, and as a
> little experiment, I would like to set up a network between them using my
> box running red hat 7 as the server. What type of equipment will I need to
> accomplish this, and could you recomend a cheap and easy option to aid me
in
> purchases. Sorry about the open endedness of this question, but if I knew
> more I would not have to ask. thanks
>
> Clint
>
>