HELP CONFIGURING A NETWORK

[stevieg]

Hello everybody,

I just need some help configuring my home network. I have a small network consisting of 13 computers and a laptop. I have ADSL internet connection.

My setup is a LINKSYS ADSL WIRELESS router configured for internet access and releasing 14 IP addresses for each of the systems. The Internet speed I get from the ISP is 1 Mbps.

The strength of the signal is not all that strong in some areas, so I have decided to wire the entire network. So what I have done is purchased a 3COM Baseline 2024 switch (2 port). I need to know how to connect all the PC's to the switch and the switch to the ADSL wireless router so that I can have access to the internet.

All your comments are welcome and appreciated.

Thank you all.

 

[jwhitt]

connect one port from the router to the switch then wire alll the other computers to the switch

 

[Atheus]

You have 13 PCs and they're not networked? Even I don't have 13 PCs, i mean maybe counting non-working ones, the sun machines, and the routers i _might_ have 10.

What are they for?

 

[jwhitt]

yeah i think maybe in my day i had what 7 maybe 8 computers including sun, and sgi boxes that i never got around to using fgor anyhting usefull

 

[SolMiester]

I once had 4 networked @ home, but what did he say?, 14!