[plug] newbie, adsl, and linux internet sharing queries

[Simon Scott]

	Dont bother..... unless you are copying large files from machine to
machine, youll never flood 10Mbit coax with ADSL.

	Im still on 10Mbit, and no probs..... unless I copy a CD image
across the network :)

	BTW, it would be easier to just connect the adsl modem to the
486...... 




	From:	Ari Finander <Outrider at operamail.com> on 20-05-2001 12:35 AM
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	Subject:	[plug] newbie, adsl, and linux internet sharing
queries

	It looks like we're going to be getting adsl (with two students
needing to use 
	the net at the same time and requiring good sppeds, there's not much
other 
	choice here in Perth aside from spending hours each week in wasted
time while 
	pages load).  I want to upgrade our LAN to Cat5 so that it will be
easier to 
	get both computers (and sometimes an old laptop with ethernet
docking station  
	running RH6.2) online at the same time.  I'm looking for feedback on
my plan:

	New Hardware Requirements-
	1. 8 port 10mbs ethernet hub (will any brand do?)
	2. Cat 5 cable to connect machines to the hub
	3. A 486 to run a firewall for the network

	I envision having the adsl modem hooked up to the hub, having
internet data 
	going through the 486 (also attached to the hub), and having the
other two 
	computers attached to the hub and being online at the same time.
Does this 
	sound like a realistic impression of what it will take?  Does the
adsl modem 
	hook up to the 486, then the 486 goes to the hub, or does each
computer AND 
	the modem hook up to the hub?  Does anyone have any old cabling that
they're 
	getting rid of, or an old hub (after playing with linux on all thos
eold 486s 
	and selling them off, I now wish I'd kept just ONE *argh*).

	TIA,

	Ari




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