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

[Simon Scott]

	YUP

	I have a cheap 10 port hub with coax connector... Some of my old
linux boxen run on the coax, and the 3 workstations (including a G4) run on
utp

	Only problem is that the whole network runs at 10Mbs with this
setup, but its plenty fast anyhow. One day I might swap some cards out for
10/100s and get it working at 100Mb/s, but its not a high priority in my
life right now :)





	From:	Ari Finander <Outrider at operamail.com> on 23-05-2001 06:32 PM
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	Subject:	RE: [plug] newbie, adsl, and linux internet sharing
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	>
	>I believe so but I would stay away from adding extra nodes to you
coax and
	>just try and make everything utp. It will save you lots of headache
in the
	>long run and cost wise it is not much more.
	>

	This was my original plan: buy hub, buy cable, everything happy
happy :-)

	However, this raises a question: can utp and coax connect to the
same network 
	card if it's capable and at the same time??  I thought if I were to
use 
	twisted pair I'd have to either buy a hub or install 2 cards on some

	machines...

	>Okay connecting one machines NIC to another machines NIC with no
hub in
	>between is easy./ You just need to use a special cable called a
crossover
	>that "crosses over" (hence the name) certain transmit and receive
pins. If
	>you then want the desktop machine to communicate with the rest of
the
	>network then you will need to enable some form of routing which not
all OS
	>support. What OS do you run on the desktop machine ?
	>

	One will be running Win98SE, the Other RedHat 7.0, Win98SE, and
Debian 2.2r2 
	at different times of the week.

	>One other alternative is to by a hub that also has a coax connector
and then
	>you can use it as a bridge and not have to worry about second NIC's
routing
	>etc. You will have to put IP_Forwarding and IP_Masquearading on the
486
	>though.
	>

	So with that type of hub, I don't have to buy so much extra utp
cable as I can 
	still use my coax, and then have the laptop plug into the hub from
cable in 
	different rooms, right?

	Ari

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