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« on: September 08, 2002, 07:45:35 pm »
does anyone know what the easiest and cheapest way is to network a Dell Latitude (laptop) and a G4 tower? i wanted to see if i could play some multiplay at home with friends, and i noticed both have Ethernet plugs, so i strung a Ethernet cable between them, but don't know what to do then...
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2002, 07:49:00 pm »
Change the tc/pi connection to lan or whatever then whatever game you are playing one of you host and the other just goes to multiplayer, lan, and joins your game.
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2002, 11:42:53 pm »
Typhy, you're a moron.

Assuming you have only 2 computers.  You have to buy a cross connect cable or you can make one yourself out of standard cat5 but that can be kind of tricky if you have never done it before.  A regular straight through, which you have connected, won't connect two computer's directly to each other... you'd have to have a router for that.
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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2002, 12:22:08 am »
Vips right. Also, you could use a hub to two ethernets... That would work too...

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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2002, 12:54:08 am »
A hub is the same thing as a router... they're both multi port repeaters.  And ethernet is not a cable, it's a standard, you meant cat5 cables Tongue Plus router's and hubs can be expensive, he want's something cheap, which would be a cross connect cable.
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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2002, 01:23:08 am »
ok, i found a really good site and found the stuff out. I have a hub, and am going to try again tonight with it, but the problem is, i can't play RS because the PC version i got doesn't install right (usual....) so i'll mainly just use it for file sharing untill i get the game sorted out. Anyways, thanks alot for the tips  
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2002, 01:46:35 am »
in that case, for file sharing they may work right out of the box, i'm kinda behind on the times on networking things such as this.

A couple years ago i used a lil prog on the PC called "PC-Maclan". Simply installed it and all appletalk networks show up right in the network neighborhood browser, and the PC shows up in the chooser on your mac.

after you install it just gott set everything up like you normally would for a network.
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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2002, 03:03:57 am »
Quote from: +-KoS-+ Vip3r on September 09, 2002, 12:54:08 am
A hub is the same thing as a router... they're both multi port repeaters.  And ethernet is not a cable, it's a standard, you meant cat5 cables Tongue Plus router's and hubs can be expensive, he want's something cheap, which would be a cross connect cable.

Don't simplify for me. I know all the shit. They work at different levels. Also, routers cost over a hundred more in most cases, then a hub. I'm assuming its temporary... He wouldn't wanna play against himself at his home...

Also, Baz, make sure the PC's RS has the update for PC.

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« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2002, 03:07:36 am »
yea, i know about the versions, i've played my friend online on his pc alot. it sure is a pain in the   re-installing RS to get a lower version to play against pcs....
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« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2002, 07:03:35 am »
I meant I believe PC can upgrade to play on the same version as you...

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« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2002, 07:57:57 pm »
     A hub is not the same as a router. (Someone with more knowledge than I, please correct me if my facts are wrong.) A hub merely broadcasts all packets it recieves to all computers hooked up to it. A router (AKA switch) is more intelligent, and routes the packets it recieves only to the computers that want to recieve them. For small networks, there's little functional difference. For networks with lots of packets flying around, though, a router is far more efficient.
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2002, 12:02:57 am »
Yes Loth, a Hub will broadcast it's inmformation to all computers on the network, which would be a huige problem... if the network weren't just two computers... I mean, if you are temporarily hooking two computers together (for a few hours one day) would you rather pay 200 bucks for a router, or like 10 bucks for a hub.

Anyway, a router is slower then a switch by the way... So a switch might be just a good..

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« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2002, 05:16:59 am »
Yes, but you'd want a router not a real switch.

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« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2002, 09:52:32 am »
Quote from: +-KoS-+ Vip3r on September 11, 2002, 05:16:59 am
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« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2002, 09:27:40 pm »
omg beast! will you do my chapter 2 cisco 3 review sheet!!!??? and the ones to follow?!?!?  Grin
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« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2002, 12:58:50 am »
Review sheet? OMG you guys get hw over there? The teacher pretty much tells us "read the chapter and take the test"... Hahaha. Work in Cisco... Inconcievable..

Why is a router necessary though? I mean, can you give me a good reason? I got reasons why it wouldn't be...

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« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2002, 04:06:28 am »
Ya, I'd rather use a switch and some VLans baby
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« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2002, 05:04:05 am »
So to answer your original question Baz... The Cisco Networking whores... and the graduates... Agree that a switch some CAT 5 cable would be the best temporary networking thingy mabobber.... Hub would be ok, but laggy... Router would be awesome, but expensive...

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« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2002, 11:31:52 pm »
Actually a $10-$15 premade cross connect cable is cheaper for connecting two computers
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