Easiest way to setup 3 computers in home?

[Passions]

I was thinking about just a hub, and connecting to hub, is that the easiest way? What are the other options? Thanx.

 

[FirmPete]

Not the cheapest but certainly the easiest

 

[Passions]

what is the cheapest way?

 

[Barrak]

get 3 nic cards, some cat5 and a cheap hub, 4port 10mb/s hub is bout 15 after shipping. As long as you dont plan on doing high speed connection sharing this should be more then fine for you.

 

[reicherb]

That is the cheapest and easiest way.

 

[bigjon]

If you plan on doing any kind of file copying (backup, etc) do yourself a favor and jump for the 100MBPS network. If nothing else, get 10/100 NICs and upgrade the hub to 100MBPS later.

To prevent headaches and bad connections get good quality NICs (I use all Netgear FA311 and FA310).

Have fun!

 

[xyyz]

that's the cheapest and easiest way... if you want the best way... spend a few extra dollars and get a switch instead of a hub... you probably don't need the switch since it's only 3 computers, but as your network grows and as traffic increases that switch will be a better bet...