Question about Home Network

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Jun 21, 2001 6:58 am

hey everyone...

im going to be adding a new computer to my network here pretty soon. currently, i have 3 IP's through my ISP and was looking to either take that down to 1 IP since I just recently put Win2K Server on one of the PC's or keep all 3 IP's and add the 4th so it will run through server. Can someone point me in the right direction to set this up? Thanks

greEd · Post by **greEd** » Thu Jun 21, 2001 8:31 am

Look into buying a router, paying for 3 or 4 ip's is kinda overkill for a small home network. You may want to keep a seperate IP if you are running a game server but that would mean you would only have 2 ip's (1 for the game server other for all other activities) with a router.
I have netgear rt314 for my home network and it handles everything fine.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Jun 21, 2001 12:25 pm

so how much does your router cost if you dont mind me asking?

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Thu Jun 21, 2001 12:36 pm

You can get a 4 port netgear for under $100. Pretty reliable with good TechSupport.

Do you realize that if you're using only Ips assigned by your ISP (not the NAT'd private addressing scheme that a router could afford), then ALL LAN traffic is going through your isp's routers? I am not paranoid, but I appreciate some privacy and if their service goes down, you cannot share files...transfers within your LAN would be faster, too.

There are more advantages to having your own router than might be immediately obvious.

Skye

DiskDoc · Post by **DiskDoc** » Thu Jun 21, 2001 6:39 pm

Check out their website.. linksys.com for example..

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Sun Jun 24, 2001 1:12 am

ok guys thanks for the info ..ill check it out.

Mazakman · Post by **Mazakman** » Sun Jun 24, 2001 1:16 pm

I just got my home network running last night thanks to my computer wiz buddy in England. Running a Netgear 314 Router here and have 2 pc's sharing my DSL connection. Now have everything fully networked and in place and this system is running fast !

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Jun 25, 2001 8:53 am

very cool man. good to hear it. I have a 3 about to be 4 computer network at home, but im currently not using a router, but i will get one here in the near future.

Mo125 · Post by **Mo125** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 2:43 pm

Hey speaking about getting a separate IP address for a UT server, does running a UT server on a cable or DSL line break the ISP's policy of no servers? or do they only mean you can't run web servers?

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Tue Jun 26, 2001 3:13 pm

thats a good question. i investigated my policy sheet i was given when i got my service and my understanding of it was web server. that said, I would suggest checking your own forms out and even inquire with your ISP about it...or not