Networking Home PC's - Why bother?

Post by **mr mixin** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:15 am

7. you can watch your downloaded porn on one, whilst played eve on the other...

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 2:21 pm

Dirty bastid Mixin!

Post by **mr mixin** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 2:27 pm

like you've never done it!

Post by **fac51** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 3:02 pm

rite thanks mixin thats swung it for me!

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arfur · Post by **arfur** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 5:36 pm

What stuff would i need to network pc & wireless laptop so that i can use the laptop to surf while the pc is off? I know a pc and a laptop

Post by **fac51** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 6:07 pm

u mean the laptop for porn surely

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:21 pm

The ideal thing would be a wireless router Arfur..

omega81168 · Post by **omega81168** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:14 am

Yep wireless router would be the best idea as that leaves you room for further expansion just in case you can't get enough porn on 2 pcs lol

shaggyhog · Post by **shaggyhog** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 3:41 pm

Hi guys, I read your posts and have to admit, I never even dreamt of hooking my PCs together to play games-- but had all the kit you describe, so guess what this morning's project was...

I only ever set my broadband router up so both my laptops could browse/ email etc., and did want have either set up as the server/ firewall whatever - just so I could plug these and others (a friend was staying for a couple of months with her own laptop too) in and out whenever. That is they are all independent and one does not need to be 'permanently' connected. In addition this way my neighbours can share the wireless connection.

Here's the original setup, and the steps I had to work out today to make this feat of leisure possible:

The most important which took me over an hour to work out was switching off the bloody microsoft firewall--- had got all else sorted by this point. Went like a dream after that - have tested NFS3: Hot Pursuit, all bon there. Maybe I can get Half-life to work like this too? Will ava look later.
:mrgreen:

arfur · Post by **arfur** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 6:11 pm

Arse just been trying to network 2 pcs and now i need a ferkin crosslink cable. Can i doctor a normal cable or get a widget to do it?

Post by **117** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 2:12 pm

our NTL bband installation pack came with a "widget" to convert a normal cable to an x-link one, coz in they're wisdom NTL decided to change the connections mid-manufacture on the set-top boxes so they didn't know who had what!

arfur · Post by **arfur** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 2:19 pm

I went and bought a network port/hub thingy thats cured it

Post by **117** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 2:24 pm

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:11 pm

so xlink cables are for directly linking up NCI's... right?? :para:

am new to all this :oops:

arfur · Post by **arfur** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:59 pm

If you are going to link two pcs together directley then ou need and a crossover cable. If you are planning on having a load of pcs then you need a network hub and normal cables. The setup im going to use with my wireless flaptop and ipaq will be a 4 port wireless broadband router. This will have my cable modem attatched via a cable, then a cable (not crossed to my desktop and wireless to laptop and ipaq

So I will be able to access email/net all the time without having to have desktop on.