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Network advice?
Hello Everyone,
I want to connect two home office machines running WinXP Pro. They sit next to each other and are used by one person. I want to use the second computer as a backup and move data from my new computer to my old computer. I use a cable modem and want the benefit of a hardware firewall for the machines. My new computer has a Network card but my old machine does not have one yet. My guess is Ethernet and an a router. Can someone suggest some good hardware to do this job? Thanks, Bob |
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"BobK" rk1@usernomics[no spam].com schreef in bericht
... Hello Everyone, I want to connect two home office machines running WinXP Pro. They sit next to each other and are used by one person. I want to use the second computer as a backup and move data from my new computer to my old computer. I use a cable modem and want the benefit of a hardware firewall for the machines. My new computer has a Network card but my old machine does not have one yet. My guess is Ethernet and an a router. Can someone suggest some good hardware to do this job? If it's only 2 computers, and only for backupping data ... You could also use a crossover cable ... from Network card PC1 to network card PC2. It's a cheap way too. But as you said: you can use a router too. Cable modem - router - 2 PC's I use an E-tech cable router, with 2 Genius Network Cards ... and everything works as it should ... :-) Firewall is included in the router. And I only spent like ?60-65 for the hardware. J. |
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Take a look at a Linksys BEFSR41, Cable/DSL 4 port
router. Does what you need and runs about $60. "Jean" wrote in message ... "BobK" rk1@usernomics[no spam].com schreef in bericht ... Hello Everyone, I want to connect two home office machines running WinXP Pro. They sit next to each other and are used by one person. I want to use the second computer as a backup and move data from my new computer to my old computer. I use a cable modem and want the benefit of a hardware firewall for the machines. My new computer has a Network card but my old machine does not have one yet. My guess is Ethernet and an a router. Can someone suggest some good hardware to do this job? If it's only 2 computers, and only for backupping data ... You could also use a crossover cable ... from Network card PC1 to network card PC2. It's a cheap way too. But as you said: you can use a router too. Cable modem - router - 2 PC's I use an E-tech cable router, with 2 Genius Network Cards ... and everything works as it should ... :-) Firewall is included in the router. And I only spent like ?60-65 for the hardware. J. |
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"Pen" wrote in message ... Take a look at a Linksys BEFSR41, Cable/DSL 4 port router. Does what you need and runs about $60. "Jean" wrote in message ... "BobK" rk1@usernomics[no spam].com schreef in bericht ... Hello Everyone, I want to connect two home office machines running WinXP Pro. They sit next to each other and are used by one person. I want to use the second computer as a backup and move data from my new computer to my old computer. I use a cable modem and want the benefit of a hardware firewall for the machines. My new computer has a Network card but my old machine does not have one yet. My guess is Ethernet and an a router. Can someone suggest some good hardware to do this job? If it's only 2 computers, and only for backupping data ... You could also use a crossover cable ... from Network card PC1 to network card PC2. It's a cheap way too. But as you said: you can use a router too. Cable modem - router - 2 PC's I use an E-tech cable router, with 2 Genius Network Cards ... and everything works as it should ... :-) Firewall is included in the router. And I only spent like ?60-65 for the hardware. J. Thanks guys. Sounds easy enough. Bob |
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On Fri, 21 May 2004 13:44:56 +0000, BobK wrote:
I use a cable modem and want the benefit of a hardware firewall for the machines. My new computer has a Network card but my old machine does not have one yet. Get a 10/100 ethernet card for that old machine. I think they're available really cheap, and any reputable brand (LinkSys, D-Link, etc.) should do. (See my other post for comments on firewall/router) -- Juhan Leemet Logicognosis, Inc. |
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Best product on the market for what you want to do: Linksys BEFSR41 4-port
router. $59. Easy to set up and probably the best selling unit with its capabilities in the USA. -- DaveW "BobK" rk1@usernomics[no spam].com wrote in message ... Hello Everyone, I want to connect two home office machines running WinXP Pro. They sit next to each other and are used by one person. I want to use the second computer as a backup and move data from my new computer to my old computer. I use a cable modem and want the benefit of a hardware firewall for the machines. My new computer has a Network card but my old machine does not have one yet. My guess is Ethernet and an a router. Can someone suggest some good hardware to do this job? Thanks, Bob |
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"BobK" rk1@usernomics[no spam].com wrote in message ... Hello Everyone, I want to connect two home office machines running WinXP Pro. They sit next to each other and are used by one person. I want to use the second computer as a backup and move data from my new computer to my old computer. I use a cable modem and want the benefit of a hardware firewall for the machines. My new computer has a Network card but my old machine does not have one yet. My guess is Ethernet and an a router. Can someone suggest some good hardware to do this job? Thanks, Bob One step further, someone else said that if you were just wanting to backup data, buy a PCI network card and a crossover cable.. well, you could just buy a USB crossover cable, if both of the computers have USB. Pretty simple to use, and cheap. |
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On Fri, 21 May 2004 19:20:48 -0400, "Chris Martin"
wrote: One step further, someone else said that if you were just wanting to backup data, buy a PCI network card and a crossover cable.. well, you could just buy a USB crossover cable, if both of the computers have USB. Pretty simple to use, and cheap. But less flexible later, possibly not any cheaper, and certainly a lot slower. |
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"kony" wrote in message
... On Fri, 21 May 2004 19:20:48 -0400, "Chris Martin" wrote: One step further, someone else said that if you were just wanting to backup data, buy a PCI network card and a crossover cable.. well, you could just buy a USB crossover cable, if both of the computers have USB. Pretty simple to use, and cheap. But less flexible later, possibly not any cheaper, and certainly a lot slower. Depends on what you mean by flexible.. throw the cord in a drawer and use it again whenever you want.. pretty flexible =). As far as being able to be used for other things, USB crossover's can be used for a few other things.. you can actually play games and things between them. I certainly agree with you that the NIC and router have many advantages over the USB crossover cable, though. But for pure simplicity of transfering files.. plug in the cable, select all the files you want to transfer, drag them over.. goto bed. |
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On Sat, 22 May 2004 03:55:24 -0400, "Chris Martin"
wrote: "kony" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 21 May 2004 19:20:48 -0400, "Chris Martin" wrote: One step further, someone else said that if you were just wanting to backup data, buy a PCI network card and a crossover cable.. well, you could just buy a USB crossover cable, if both of the computers have USB. Pretty simple to use, and cheap. But less flexible later, possibly not any cheaper, and certainly a lot slower. Depends on what you mean by flexible.. throw the cord in a drawer and use it again whenever you want.. pretty flexible =). As far as being able to be used for other things, USB crossover's can be used for a few other things.. you can actually play games and things between them. I certainly agree with you that the NIC and router have many advantages over the USB crossover cable, though. But for pure simplicity of transfering files.. plug in the cable, select all the files you want to transfer, drag them over.. goto bed. I'd call that easy, but not flexible. Flexible as-in, you're building a small network with either device, but the USB cord won't allow expanding the network, nor connecting other system without disconnecting one of them. That is, unless you get the USB type that converts to ethernet cable, two of 'em, instead of the straight USB cable with just the bridge chip. Plus USB is so much slower than 100Mbit, but these days it may be more reasonable to compare USB2 to GbE, so either may be acceptible solution. I haven't seen (or looked for) any USB2 bridge cables though. |
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