Help with home network

[MustISO]

Here's what I have:
2 PC's with 10/100 NICs
1 Cable Modem
1 HUB with Uplink port

What I'd like to do is have both PC's share files and one PC access the internet using the cable modem. My ISP uses DHCP so I don't have a static IP. Can this be done? How would I do it?

Thanks in advance,

MustISO

 

[MCS]

Well how far have you got?

 

[Gunbuster]

Add a second NIC to the computer connected to the cable modem, and enable ICS in WinME or Win2000

 

[MustISO]

MCS, so far I haven't done anything. One computer is a standalone machine and one is connected to the cable modem. I don't really care whether they can both use the cable line, but I do want to transfer files between them. I thought I could hook the cable modem cat 5 to the uplink port on the hub and then attach both computers to the hub. What I don't know is how to set it up so that they can see each other on the network while one is used to access to internet.

MustISO

 

[stultus]

Unless you want to buy a router (which I'd recommend over this other option), you'll have to have have 3 NICs. Determine which system you want to be the "master" system. This machine will have to be powered on for internet access to work on the other computer. Then, hook the cable modem into one NIC1, computer 1, a CAT5 into NIC2, computer 1, stick it in the hub, and connect your other computer to the hub. You will have to run some sort of internet sharing program (such as ICS) to share access.

If you only have two computers, you don't even need a hub, just a crossover cable.

If you buy a router, it serves as the "master" for you and you don't need to leave a computer on for other machines to access the net.

Edit to previous reply: You'll need a 3rd NIC to do what you want. The NIC settings for the cable modem set it up as being on the network of whatever your provider is. Unless you want to start messing with those settings to temporarily get the machines to see each other (bad idea), it'd just be easier for you to pick up another cheap network card. Then you can set the second card up for your local netowrk settings.

 

[MadRat]

Hook the cable modem to the uplink on the hub. Give one computer the static i.p. and the other a non-routable i.p. such as 168.132.0.1. The static i.p. machine could run Win98SE and connection sharing so as to enable the non-routable i.p. machine access to the internet, too.

 

[Quad]

basically do this:

1 comp has 2 nics
1 comp has 1 nic

you can cable the network 2 ways:
1) connect all 3 nics to the hub, and connect the cable modem to the hub. So that's 4 connections to the hub right there
2) or, connect 1 nic from each comp to the hub, and connect the cable modem to the second nic on the server comp.

on the server comp, assign one nic an ip 10.0.0.1 subnet 255.255.255.0 and enable file/printer sharing and set the 2nd nic to obtain ip.
on the client comp, assign the nic an ip 10.0.0.2 subnet 255.255.255.0 enable file/printer sharing

reboot

get ICS going, or any other proxy server software. you should be able to see the computers in network neighbourhood. configure IE to connect to the proxy, and you're all set

good luck