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rhino56
10-16-04, 09:03 PM
i plan on getting about 8 or 10 cpus going by the end of the year and wonder how to connect them all to the net. do i use a router?
sandman001
10-16-04, 09:09 PM
A router or a hub.
Rav
10-16-04, 09:55 PM
If you need more ports just grab some old 10Mbps hub for cheap, it'll do the job for a farm, thats what I did back in the day when I had mine. Then make/buy some short ethernet cables.

-Rav
Mark620
10-16-04, 11:08 PM
Same as any network...wan & router/hubs
rhino56
10-16-04, 11:13 PM
Same as any network...wan & router/hubs
whats a wan? and what is the difference between a router and a hub?
Clean_Baldy
10-16-04, 11:29 PM
WAN = Wide Area Network (Does not apply to a house)

LAN = Local Area Network (This is what you are doing with a farm)

LAN = One building, one address, one network

WAN = Your street, your city, etc.

:)


A router gives out addresses to each computer. It is a smart hub with lots of wonderful nifty features.

A hub just takes in info, and retransmits it among all of the ports. The header on the information is read by the computers and they determine if the information is for them or not.

A switch is a smart hub that knows where to send data.
Arkaine23
10-16-04, 11:38 PM
I used a 4 port router and 8 port switch when I had 10 computers folding in my home. I lost 2 ports connecting the 2 devices together, but it was cheaper than buying a bigger router.

router was $25 used
switch was $25 from newegg
rhino56
10-16-04, 11:58 PM
cool, i been reading about this stuff a bit also in the networking forum area.
well one thing for sure i know where to go for help when i get them all built. lol
Xenocide
10-17-04, 10:07 AM
heh. if you do end up getting a cheap 10mb hub do not put your self on it, because most of the time they are half duplex..

i picked up a dell 2016 switch off of ebay accouple months ago. 16 ports 10/100 full duplex autosension auto crossover/uplink. its friggen SWEET :D was only $25 bucks too
Mark620
10-17-04, 10:07 AM
WAN = Wide Area Network (Does not apply to a house)

Sorry, should have been : DHCP Server V.I.A. some sort of Router....
a 1 port router connected to switches or hubs to support all your processors.