How can I setup a home network with 2 xp and a linux box?
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You should use Cat 5 or 5e cabling to a switch or use a consumer level router with a switch built in. Once you have your computers cabled into the switch, load up TCP/IP on both. If you have a switch, you'll want to manually configure the IP addresses on each machine. If you have a router with a switch built in, you can use the router's DHCP feature to auto-assign IPs to the machines. \n\nMost routers come with a class C configuration, meant to provide addressing for 254 hosts, 192.168.0.1 is used most commonly. The subnet mask for class C addressing, for each machine, will be 255.255.255.0
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Windows ME you mean?\n\nYes of course - either buy an ethernet cross-over cable and network them together, or plug them both into a networking switch.\n\nAssign them both similar IP addresses ie\n\n192.168.1.1 for the PC\n255.255.255.0 subnet mask\n\n192.168.1.2 for the laptop\n255.255.255.0\n\nMake sure they're both in the same workgroup and all you need to do now is share the files and you're done.
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i think a router is the best solution, or you can use your computer as a router by installing windows server or linux, but for linux it's quite difficult to configure\n\nfor a router you can make it, look at www.cisco.com for dsl router.. you can find in details\n\nhope this can help
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try DSL http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ \nit can be booted of a fire wire or USB device
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You need to make your Linux box a router. IMO it's cheaper and easier to buy a router. But you need 2 network cards in your Linux box, one with the external IP and one with the internal IP. Then you set up NAT. Connect the internal IP network card to a switch where your other computers are connected to. Make the Linux box's internal network card's IP address their default gateway.
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get a switch/hub\n\nget two wires with which you can connect both the Pc's to the hub/switch.a CAT 5 cable basically\n\nboth of these wires should have rj-45 jacks on both sides.\n\njust plug in these wires into your pc and the hub\n\nonce done go to start->settings-> control panel->network and dial up connections\n\nright click on the connection that is showing up as active and go to the tcp/ip properties and give an ip address on one system(windows XP) as 10.10.1.1 and subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 leave the gateway as blank and on the other system(win98) give the ip addres as 10.10.1.2 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and gateway as 10.10.1.1\n\nthat should make it work
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dude, you have the perfect software for that in your own OS!! Remote Desktop!! don't download anything! Start / Programs / Accessories / Communications / Remote Desktop Connection\nenter IP or computer name, zappp
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Are they still mounted in their cases? If so, and if both PCs have standard network connections, it should be possible to link them using a Cat 5e crossover network cable. XP has the software for this built in. It may be necessary to find a driver for the 98 machine. \nThe RS232 link between them is also a possibility but this will be extremely slow and will not allow the same level of resource sharing as a network link. \n\nIf the motherboards are not in their cases then I doubt that joining them is a possible option.
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Why not set up a home server? Just download the free software from http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/sswww.htm\nthen open the files to the web!
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get a 5 port 10/100/1000 gigabit NIC\njust so you can be leet and suck up all your LANs bandwidth
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There are numerous possibilities for this and would require lots more information to get a specific answer for you.  Try looking at the resources here: http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/homenetworking/a/homenetguide.htm\n\nFor example, which operating systems are on the various machines?  That can make a HUGE difference if they are different (especially Windows XP Pro and Windows XP Home).
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the cheapest way is to connect two computers directly together using a cable.  To do this you will needa Network Interface card (NIC) in both computers (most new computer come with them as standard but if not they are cheap).\n\nbuy a CAT5e (crossover) patch cable and plug each end into the computers NIC cards. If your using XP you can run the "set up a home or small office network". This wizard will do all the work for you.\n\nenable internet connection sharing on the computer that conects to the internet and bobs your mothers brother :-)
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First there is no ICS in Linux..\nyou should be ok with the next line\niptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -i ethX -j MASQUERADE\nwhere ethX is your network card for your private network
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Dns settings are not needed you can leave it blank iam giving you certain steps to configure the router manually i have taken the example of cable modem\n\n\nWindows 9x/ME\nClick on Start, then click on Run.  When the “Run” window appears, type winipcfg into the “Open” field.  (Note: this is for windows 9x/ME users NT/2000/XP users will be described at a later time)\n\n1.      Select your network card\n\n2.      Make note of your "Adapter Address"\n\nGo to the "Connecting your router to your modem" portion of this document.\n\nWindows NT/2000/XP\n1.      Click on Start, then click on Run.  When the “Run” window opens, type cmd into the “Open” filed.  (Note this is for NT/2000/XP users only, Windows 9x/ME is described above)\n\n2.      This will bring up a DOS prompt. Type: ipconfig/all, and Make note of the "Physical address" for your network card\n\nGo to the "Connecting your router to your modem" portion of this document.\n\nUsing a DSL Modem\nIf you're using WinPoet or Entranet300 please make note of your user name and password.\n\nIf you're not using WinPoet or Entranet300 please do the following\n\nWindows 9x/ME\nClick on Start, then click on Run.  When the “Run” window appears, type winipcfg into the “Open” field.  (Note: this is for windows 9x/ME users NT/2000/XP users will be described at a later time)\n\n1.      Select your network card\n\n2.      Make note of your "Adapter Address"\n\nGo to the "Connecting your router to your modem" portion of this document.\n\nWindows NT/2000/XP\n1.      Click on Start, then click on Run.  When the “Run” window opens, type command into the “Open” filed.  (Note this is for NT/2000/XP users only, Windows 9x/ME is described above)\n\n2.      This will bring up a DOS prompt. Type: ipconfig/all, and Make note of the "Physical address" for your network card\n\nGo to the "Connecting your router to your modem" portion of this document.\n\nConnecting your router to your Cable/DSL modem\n\nTo connect your router to your Cable/DSL modem, follow these instructions: \n\n1.      Start by unpluging the modem from the back of your computer.\n\n2.      Using the same cable attach it to the WAN port of the router.   \n\n3.      Then use a separate cable and connect that to your network card in your computer.\n\n4.      Then take the other end and input that into any port of the router other than WAN/or uplink, (Note if there is anything in the uplink port the port next to it will not work) now restart your computer.\n\n5.      While the computer is restarting locate and hold the reset button located on the front or back of the router (You may need a paper clip to do this) for 30 seconds. (Warning this causes all settings to be restored to factory defaults.  This is always a good procedure to follow when first hooking up your router)\n\n6.      Please proceed to the "Configuring your router" section.\n\nConfiguring your router\n\n1.       After your computer has been restarted simply bring up your Internet Explorer. Go to: Tools>Internet Options>Connections\n\n2.      Make sure Never Dial a Connection is selected.\n\n3.      Click on the LAN Settings button\n\n4.      When the LAN Settings window comes up, make sure nothing is checked.\n\n5.      Click Ok, then Ok, then go to the address bar and go to http://192.168.1.1/\n\n6.      You will be prompted for a user name and password. By default there is no user name and the password is "admin".\n\nDSL- PPPoE\nNote: If you're using WinPOET or Entranet300 please follow these instructions, otherwise see the Cable/DSL non PPPoE section:\n\n1.      Scroll down and you'll see an option called PPPOE. (Note: If you do not see, but you have a scroll box called "WAN Connection Type", click on the box and select PPPoE)\n\n2.      Input your user name and password (Note: They're case sensitive) that
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you could try radmin, logmein, gotomypc, \n\nif you are able to access the net properly than these software will work fine with it.\n\nlet me know if you have any further question.
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get another lan card.\n\nalthough i doubt it would work cause I've never tried it before but try having two lan connections to your hub and set different ip's for each connection.
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The best site to use would be the manufacturers website, becuase that's where you'll get detailed info on how to configure the equipment. Now to get an idea of what you will have to do to get started, read a couple of these articles: \nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+setup+a+home+network&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official