setting up a switch.

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Yaka

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can someone tell how i can setup a 8 port network switch so i can share my cabel modem with 1 other pc and an xbox?

i have me main pc with 2 nics, one connected to me cm the other to the switch and 2nd pc and xbox to the switch. i wana fileshare/play games betwwen the 2 pcs and use xbox for xbox live. any help will be welcome
 
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bids

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You'll need some sort of gateway software on the PC connected to the cable modem - I used to use Winroute before I got me router/firewall (Belkin do one for about £50 in PC World). Once setup as per instructions, set the default gateway on the other machines as the internal IP address of the cable connected PC. Job done :)
 
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Yaka

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wicked got it setup sharing bandwidth etc with winroute, now how does one go about fileshareing/playing games with the other pcs?
 
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danger

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Yes I received another copy of my old friend w95.CIH today... granted I doubt it does Fuck all on XP (or rather NT Based OS's) but still norton picked it up and sodomised it with a chainsaw.... the bitch cost me £85 to replace me mobo in an older comp several years back... when I was less computer Savy and also dumb enough to download shit loads of emulators and roms (for evaluation purposes you understand :p) with no virus protection software...

ANTI-VIRUS.... FIREWALL.... ARMED GUARDS... WATCHDOGS.... TESLA COILS!

GET THEM ALL!
 
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Yaka

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Deathace helped me st it up last night, for Firewall its Zone Alarm Pro on the pcs with win2k as os, for anti virus stuff its norton 2003 AV.
atm its only 2 pcs connected that want filesharing but i am a bit clue less as to how i should go about this.
 
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Yaka

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blah dunno wot happened but i was playing warcraft III vs a mate on minute and the next everything died conection wise. had re-install win2k in the end:( would getiing a router to go with my switch make things easier and more stable?
 
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Testin da Cable

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possibly, yes. or a small [old] pc running as a router/firewall with a *cough* proper os. might even save you the cost of a router.
some of the people here have the one, others opt for the other.
 
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lovedaddy

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I'd agree with the old PC and linux option. I'm currently using a P133 with 64megs of RAM as a Linux router, with IpCop as the distro.

I've also got a 3Com hardware router - the only advantage I'd say its got over IPCop is the size of the thing. IPCop really is amazing.
 
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Yaka

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thelinux option iis out as iam useless with linux


bids will that work ok with my 3com switch?
 
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bids

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Originally posted by Yaka
thelinux option iis out as iam useless with linux


bids will that work ok with my 3com switch?
Click to expand...

Yup - I have it working with my Cisco Catalyst switch no problem, and a crappy 4 port Netgear hub before that.
 
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