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tnitsuj

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Thier is a cable running from my cable jack to a white box. Thier is a network cable running from the white box to a blue box with antennas on it. That is all I know.
 

dman

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Originally posted by: tnitsuj
Thier is a cable running from my cable jack to a white box. Thier is a network cable running from the white box to a blue box with antennas on it. That is all I know.

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captains

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modem......router.......hub, i bought a switch but for some reason it doesnt work where i am, but if i take it up stairs and plug it in it works. so i have a switch for nothing :disgust:
 

Eli

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Oct 9, 1999
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Cable line < Livingroom TV/Bedroom cable line < Bedroom TV/Cable Modem

Cable modem to uplink on Dlink 5 port switch

50' cable running out to the living room for my dads computer
3' cable running to my computer
6' cable running to laptop

< = splitter
 
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Cablemodem -> P120-S (OpenBSD) -> uplink on 5-port hub -> Cat5e -> computers (two drops in my room, one upstairs, one in sister's room)

Hoping to expand to wireless coverage to allow for future HTPC components.

- M4H
 

dman

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Originally posted by: captains
modem......router.......hub, i bought a switch but for some reason it doesnt work where i am, but if i take it up stairs and plug it in it works. so i have a switch for nothing :disgust:

What doesn't work?

Might be you need a cross-over or straight cable to connect it, vs the one you are currently using. Some have autosensing ports, but, if you connect two together with autosensing they can sometimes get stuck.

 

hdeck

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cable modem to wireless router. wireless router to laptop.

t1 line to pc. t1 line to rest of apartment complex.
 

captains

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Originally posted by: dman
Originally posted by: captains
modem......router.......hub, i bought a switch but for some reason it doesnt work where i am, but if i take it up stairs and plug it in it works. so i have a switch for nothing :disgust:

What doesn't work?

Might be you need a cross-over or straight cable to connect it, vs the one you are currently using. Some have autosensing ports, but, if you connect two together with autosensing they can sometimes get stuck.

got a linksys router and a linksys switch....router upstairs switch down stairs.....cpu in switch and get nothing, bring switch upstairs and everything works fine, also replaced cable from upstairs to down stairs
 

EyeMWing

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Jun 13, 2003
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Cisco 24-port connected to a Dell 16 port via standard cabling. The same Cisco connected to Linksys 16 port rackmount by standard cabling. Cisco is on a server rack - the other two (unmanaged) switches are central in the basement and top floor. Those damn "quickport" wall jacks are then attached to the switches (Eventually I mean to install patch panels between the wall jacks and the switches). Looking at roughly 1 mile of CAT5e, all _HAND CRIMPED_ and 2-4 network ports in a normal room, with 8 ports dedicated to this room alone (This room will be getting it's own 16-port Linksys rack switch at some point or another)

And I *highly* recommend the Linksys EF3116 switch for any home PnP networking application. I like it almost as much as the Cisco, and it beats the pants off the crappy $80 Dell for only $100.
 

Kadarin

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Regular phone line dialup connection into the phone jack on the Apple Airport, an RJ45 to my PC's NIC, and 802.11b with WEP enabled to the iMac in the other room.
 

Supermercado

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Internet comes in in my roommate's room into his router, then to his access point, his signal booster, and his switch. I've got a 100' cable running from his switch, I think, to my router in my room. I've got two computers on my router. He's got several desktops on his, I think (hardly ever on since he's rarely here), and sometimes his and his gf's laptops.
 

lowtech1

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Mar 9, 2000
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Originally posted by: dman
Originally posted by: yruffostsif
Originally posted by: dman
Was bored, 1000 Words

Basically,

I have WirelessISP connected to Dlink704 Router. I have PC's connected to that.
I have an MR814 connected as well, which I'm using only as a switch and a WAP for the laptop
My friend and I bridged our networks using a pair of Dlink900AP's (Not '+').
He shares my internet.

Sweet, where's that hotspot so I can get in on the fun?

I'm working on connecting to my neighbor who's (just recently) got DSL now. Plan to have manual failover to his gateway if/when our wISP goes down. I'd like to use a Nexland Pro 800 and loadbalance the WAN.... but since Symantec bought them out the price has only gone up.

Maybe I'll get fancy and build a linux machine to do that... not yet though.

Anyone else know of a cheap(er) appliance that loadbalances WAN, and/or supports failover?
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Ryan

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Oct 31, 2000
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Two computers hooked up through an HPNA 2.0 phoneline network - my parents computer is connected to the cable modem, and I leech off of them. It's a 10mbps connection over the phonelines in my house, and I bought the cards for 10 bucks on ebay :p bwhaahahha :p
 

thomsbrain

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Dec 4, 2001
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cable modem - Linksys router with 2 computers plugged in, and one hub on the other side of the house, which has another two plugged into it
 

stev0

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Dec 9, 2001
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ghetto dsl modem (provider gives em out) > linksys 10/100 8 port router > linksys 54g AP

6 users on the network, 1 full time wireless, 1 part time wireless the rest on wired