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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:10:18 +1000, "Robert de Brus" <de_brus@h o t m a
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>|| I'm on a small peer to peer Lan Cat 5 consisting of 3 computers and
>|| a hub Winxp installed on all 3 pc's.
<snip>

>|| I'm not quite sure where to place the router on the network and any
>|| help would be appreciated. Do i have to remove the hub and replace
>|| with the router?
>|| and do all 3 pc's have to be plugged in to the router
>|| or do i just plug in one.
>
>Well, you need to ask yourself, as I'm asking, "Why are you buying a
>router"?
>
>As far as where it goes on your network you must first understand what a
>router does... hence the first question.
>
>Your network doesn't need a router... unless you want to put 2 of your
>computers on a different subnet than the other.
<snip>

Ignore all that crap from Robert de Brus.

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Me

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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:41:41 +0100, Ged wrote:

>I'm on a small peer to peer Lan Cat 5 consisting of 3 computers and a hub
>Winxp installed on all 3 pc's.
>I'm using internet connection sharing at the moment so all pc's have web
>access.
>but shortly i'm going to buy a small router with 4 port switch.
>
>I'm not quite sure where to place the router on the network and any help
>would be appreciated. Do i have to remove the hub and replace with the
>router?
>and do all 3 pc's have to be plugged in to the router
>or do i just plug in one.

Here are a few URLs, in addition to your other replies.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/
http://www.wown.com/

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|| On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:10:18 +1000, "Robert de Brus" <de_brus@h o t
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||| In news:bl11o7$qgk$,
||| Ged <> typed
||||| I'm on a small peer to peer Lan Cat 5 consisting of 3 computers
||||| and a hub Winxp installed on all 3 pc's.
|| <snip>
||
||||| I'm not quite sure where to place the router on the network and
||||| any help would be appreciated. Do i have to remove the hub and
||||| replace with the router?
||||| and do all 3 pc's have to be plugged in to the router
||||| or do i just plug in one.
|||
||| Well, you need to ask yourself, as I'm asking, "Why are you buying a
||| router"?
|||
||| As far as where it goes on your network you must first understand
||| what a router does... hence the first question.
|||
||| Your network doesn't need a router... unless you want to put 2 of
||| your computers on a different subnet than the other.
|| <snip>
||
|| Ignore all that crap from Robert de Brus.

Goose!

You'd sell someone something they don't need.

||
|| <snip>
||
|| Me

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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:09:55 +1000, "Robert de Brus" <de_brus@h o t m a
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>||| In news:bl11o7$qgk$,
>||| Ged <> typed
>||||| I'm on a small peer to peer Lan Cat 5 consisting of 3 computers
>||||| and a hub Winxp installed on all 3 pc's.
>|| <snip>
>||
>||||| I'm not quite sure where to place the router on the network and
>||||| any help would be appreciated. Do i have to remove the hub and
>||||| replace with the router?
>||||| and do all 3 pc's have to be plugged in to the router
>||||| or do i just plug in one.
>|||
>||| Well, you need to ask yourself, as I'm asking, "Why are you buying a
>||| router"?
>|||
>||| As far as where it goes on your network you must first understand
>||| what a router does... hence the first question.
>|||
>||| Your network doesn't need a router... unless you want to put 2 of
>||| your computers on a different subnet than the other.

It's 2 different networks. The ISPs and the networked PCs at home. Hence
a router to connect them together.

>|| <snip>
>||
>|| Ignore all that crap from Robert de Brus.
>
>Goose!
>
>You'd sell someone something they don't need.

That makes less sense than you trying to answer the OPs question.

<snip>

Me

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:09:07 GMT, why? wrote:

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>On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:09:55 +1000, "Robert de Brus" <de_brus@h o t m a
>i l.com> wrote:

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>>||| Your network doesn't need a router... unless you want to put 2 of
>>||| your computers on a different subnet than the other.
>
>It's 2 different networks. The ISPs and the networked PCs at home. Hence
>a router to connect them together.

Yep. That's how I do it - multiple networked systems, through a router to the
ISP. Simple, very easy, very quick, stable as hell.

>
>>|| <snip>
>>||
>>|| Ignore all that crap from Robert de Brus.
>>
>>Goose!
>>
>>You'd sell someone something they don't need.
>
>That makes less sense than you trying to answer the OPs question.

Careful. He might start whining again, after being contradicted.

"That's what he's best at."

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>
>Me

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|||||| In news:bl11o7$qgk$,
|||||| Ged <> typed
|||||||| I'm on a small peer to peer Lan Cat 5 consisting of 3 computers
|||||||| and a hub Winxp installed on all 3 pc's.
||||| <snip>
|||||
|||||||| I'm not quite sure where to place the router on the network and
|||||||| any help would be appreciated. Do i have to remove the hub and
|||||||| replace with the router?
|||||||| and do all 3 pc's have to be plugged in to the router
|||||||| or do i just plug in one.
||||||
|||||| Well, you need to ask yourself, as I'm asking, "Why are you
|||||| buying a router"?
||||||
|||||| As far as where it goes on your network you must first understand
|||||| what a router does... hence the first question.
||||||
|||||| Your network doesn't need a router... unless you want to put 2 of
|||||| your computers on a different subnet than the other.
||
|| It's 2 different networks. The ISPs and the networked PCs at home.
|| Hence a router to connect them together.

You're a loon!

The computer connected to the ISP *IS* the router, you tool.

||
||||| <snip>
|||||
||||| Ignore all that crap from Robert de Brus.
|||
||| Goose!
|||
||| You'd sell someone something they don't need.
||
|| That makes less sense than you trying to answer the OPs question.

The original post, with the limited info provided, didn't need a router.

Go back to school... tool.




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|| On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:09:07 GMT, why? wrote:
||
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||| On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:09:55 +1000, "Robert de Brus" <de_brus@h o t
||| m a
||| i l.com> wrote:
||
|| <snip>
||||||| Your network doesn't need a router... unless you want to put 2
||||||| of
||||||| your computers on a different subnet than the other.
|||
||| It's 2 different networks. The ISPs and the networked PCs at home.
||| Hence
||| a router to connect them together.
||
|| Yep. That's how I do it - multiple networked systems, through a
|| router to the ISP. Simple, very easy, very quick, stable as hell.

Multiple networked systems? I doubt it.

What IP addessing schemes are you using on these multiple networks you have
connected to your router?

I'm really interested to know.

||
|||
|||||| <snip>
||||||
|||||| Ignore all that crap from Robert de Brus.
||||
|||| Goose!
||||
|||| You'd sell someone something they don't need.
|||
||| That makes less sense than you trying to answer the OPs question.
||
|| Careful. He might start whining again, after being contradicted.
||
|| "That's what he's best at."

When you know what you're talking about you'll stop looking like suck a
fool.

||
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||| <snip>
|||
||| Me

Her

||
|| --
|| If it adjusts their attitude towards the desired goal, then it's a
|| LART, even if it doesn't leave blood stains." -- Paul Tomblin




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