Help regarding seting a 18 pc network

BlueVenom · 04-11-2008, 10:26 AM

Hi guys i m a newbie. i have knowledge of crimping, cross n straight.

i want to create a 18 pc simple file sharing network
OS= Winxp
cpu 300MHZ
ram=128
they r intel dot station...it is having LAN 100Mbps.

now i want to use 24 port switch. but i m confused wat type of cable to use straight or Cross-Over to connect pc to my Switch.
also wat IP adress pattern i shud use.

**johnwill** · 04-12-2008, 09:35 AM

Is there any Internet sharing involved? How about exact make/model of the switch you intend to use, as well as any broadband router and/or broadband modem for Internet connections.

~~Rusty_NZ~~ · 04-12-2008, 02:42 PM

Hey there. I have had a lan using a 24 port switch and A dlink Dsl 502g. This is what we did.
We hooked up the modem and everything then put the ethernet cord from the modem/router to the switch in the uplink slot. We then plugged all the Pcs in to the switch using cat 6 ethernet cable not crossover ethernet cable.
in the Ip settings we did this
each ip was
10.1.1.11 Only this one changed we changed the last two digits and counted up for every pc.
our subnet mask was 255.0.0.0
and our default gateway was 10.1.1.1

And in DNS we used the DNS our ISP gave us.

When all the pcs were on we set up MShome on them and made them all have file and printer sharing. we could then have lan gaming and surf the net also.

04-11-2008, 10:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
BlueVenom Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Xp	Help regarding seting a 18 pc network Hi guys i m a newbie. i have knowledge of crimping, cross n straight. i want to create a 18 pc simple file sharing network OS= Winxp cpu 300MHZ ram=128 they r intel dot station...it is having LAN 100Mbps. now i want to use 24 port switch. but i m confused wat type of cable to use straight or Cross-Over to connect pc to my Switch. also wat IP adress pattern i shud use.

04-12-2008, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,969 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Help regarding seting a 18 pc network Is there any Internet sharing involved? How about exact make/model of the switch you intend to use, as well as any broadband router and/or broadband modem for Internet connections. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

04-12-2008, 02:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~Rusty_NZ~~ Troubled Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 70 OS: Vista	Re: Help regarding seting a 18 pc network Hey there. I have had a lan using a 24 port switch and A dlink Dsl 502g. This is what we did. We hooked up the modem and everything then put the ethernet cord from the modem/router to the switch in the uplink slot. We then plugged all the Pcs in to the switch using cat 6 ethernet cable not crossover ethernet cable. in the Ip settings we did this each ip was 10.1.1.11 Only this one changed we changed the last two digits and counted up for every pc. our subnet mask was 255.0.0.0 and our default gateway was 10.1.1.1 And in DNS we used the DNS our ISP gave us. When all the pcs were on we set up MShome on them and made them all have file and printer sharing. we could then have lan gaming and surf the net also.