Ok so basically.. read the picture.
[IMG]http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/7631/pchelp.jpg[/IMG]
Please help me have both connected, would love to have both on at once but it is not a must.
- I buld PC's for a living, i just don't know too much about networking. -
Thanks FP!
Get a network card.
The Second Appliance is an Xbox 360.
Your image isn't very descriptive.
Is that a modem on the right with only one ethernet port? Or do you have only one ethernet cable?
If the former, get a router.
If the latter, get another ethernet cable.
He could buy a switch instead of a wireless router, it's cheaper.
If his whole network is wired that is.
Didn't mention, assuming OP is american.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833118149[/url]
Grab yourself some Ethernet cable while at it.
[QUOTE=nikomo;29327674]Didn't mention, assuming OP is american.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833118149[/url]
Grab yourself some Ethernet cable while at it.[/QUOTE]
Steam profile says he's from the UK :eng101:
[QUOTE=ze beaver;29324570]He could buy a switch instead of a wireless router, it's cheaper.
If his whole network is wired that is.[/QUOTE]
No he couldn't.
[editline]20th April 2011[/editline]
Get a Router or another Networking card for the PC, then set the PC up as a DHCP server, or bridge the connection.
Router = Network to Network communication
Switch = Same Lan to Lan traffic
get it right, OP you need a switch or another nic and bridge the connection
It goes Internet>router>switch>PC's
wow ti those who rated me dumb you must have no CCNA or MSCE LOL you are dumb
Hey guys, sorry i haven't been that informative.
The 1 ethernet comes out of a wired homeplug system in my house.
The way i've been told to do it with a 360 is to plug it into my PC and bridge the connections.
So i bought a cheap PCI Lan RJ45 card and will see if that works.
A switch is something i could use apparently and i don't really want another router in the line.
thanks.
Get a cheap 100Mbps hub.
If you're getting your network connection through a homeplug they're as slow as shit anyway, so a full duplex switch isn't really needed. Get one if you like, but a cheap $5 hub will do just fine.
[url]http://shop.ebay.com/?_nkw=network+hub[/url]
Then plug your two devices and homeplug into the hub.
[QUOTE=DEADBEEF;29333848]Get a cheap 100Mbps hub.[/QUOTE]
NONONONONONO!!
He should get a switch, if he already has a router.
If he doesn't have a router, he should get that instead.
[editline]21st April 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=noforgivin;29331412]Hey guys, sorry i haven't been that informative.
The 1 ethernet comes out of a wired homeplug system in my house.
The way i've been told to do it with a 360 is to plug it into my PC and bridge the connections.
So i bought a cheap PCI Lan RJ45 card and will see if that works.
A switch is something i could use apparently and i don't really want another router in the line.
thanks.[/QUOTE]
What OS?
He's going through a homeplug thing, so it makes no difference whether he uses a hub/switch/router.
Whatever he does, the bottleneck (on the LAN side) will always be the homeplug.
He could spend £1000 on a top of the range Cisco managed switch and it'd make no difference.
[QUOTE=DEADBEEF;29333997]He's going through a homeplug thing, so it makes no difference whether he uses a hub/switch/router.[/QUOTE]
OK, tell me the difference's between those 3 and how they handle ethernet traffic.
Hubs are dumb pieces of shit and switches do actual switching.
Hubs have been a dumb choice for ages now, OP should get a switch, from the end-user standpoint in this case it won't matter but at least we won't call it stupid for picking a hub. And switches get mass-produced out the ass while everyone just wants to forget hubs, so price and availability and all that jazz.
[QUOTE=Van-man;29334498]OK, tell me the difference's between those 3 and how they handle ethernet traffic.[/QUOTE]
* With a HUB data for a single recipient splerges out across all the ports. It's the equivalent to shouting across a group of people to get one persons attention.
* A switch directs data to the port which is connected to the intended recipient. It's the equivalent of walking up to the person you want to talk to and giving them the message personally.
* A router is used for joining separate LAN segments, or connecting a LAN to a WAN (a router will generally also contain a switch). It's the equivalent of passing your message to some other dude to go over and tell the recipient what you want. This dude generally also makes sure no-one on your shit list can send you messages.
For the OP's requirements any of these will do. He could even just buy another homeplug device. Which are essentially exactly the same as a port on a network hub, except your messages are splurged across your home's power sockets (and sometimes your neighbors too).
By the way my homeplug is 100mbps Full Duplex and it's been great for 7 years
Switches should be my answer but i can bridge the connection with my pc.
-- Can't buy my homeplug anymore (and it has to be the same one)
And i'm on 7 64bit
[QUOTE=noforgivin;29336834]By the way my homeplug is 100mbps Full Duplex and it's been great for 7 years
Switches should be my answer but i can bridge the connection with my pc.
-- Can't buy my homeplug anymore (and it has to be the same one)
And i'm on 7 64bit[/QUOTE]
Oh that's easy, just mark both LAN connections under Network Connections, right click one of the marked ones and select "add to network bridge"
Might have mistranslated some of it, since I don't have English windows 7 at my disposal.
[QUOTE=DEADBEEF;29335837]* With a HUB data for a single recipient splerges out across all the ports. It's the equivalent to shouting across a group of people to get one persons attention.
* A switch directs data to the port which is connected to the intended recipient. It's the equivalent of walking up to the person you want to talk to and giving them the message personally.
* A router is used for joining separate LAN segments, or connecting a LAN to a WAN (a router will generally also contain a switch). It's the equivalent of passing your message to some other dude to go over and tell the recipient what you want. This dude generally also makes sure no-one on your shit list can send you messages.
For the OP's requirements any of these will do. He could even just buy another homeplug device. Which are essentially exactly the same as a port on a network hub, except your messages are splurged across your home's power sockets (and sometimes your neighbors too).[/QUOTE]
fucking told him
[QUOTE=DEADBEEF;29333997]He's going through a homeplug thing, so it makes no difference whether he uses a hub/switch/router.
Whatever he does, the bottleneck (on the LAN side) will always be the homeplug.
He could spend £1000 on a top of the range Cisco managed switch and it'd make no difference.[/QUOTE]
I should've figured he was on a powerline, I'm using one myself. Although mine has built-in switching.
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