Thread: need help with home network

If I understood all of that correctly, you can connect to your server through your other computers, but cannot connect to the internet? If that is the case then unless your ISP is renting you more IP addresses, then you need to have a Router. The router acts identically to a network hub, but it also allows you to share your internet connection to other PCs. Basically what I would suggest is go out and buy a router (I bought mine for $50) and simply hook it up in place of your hub. Good luck, hope I understood you correctly.

Or rent two more ips from your ISP.

Buying a router will be cheaper in the long run.

Edit: You can set the server up as a router/firewall. Just grab another NIC.

Just to confirm...

Considering the question you asked, do not go the 2nd NIC route. You could end up opening your network to some jackarse on the outside.

I too would recomend getting a 4 port Linksys router for $50. They are very easy to set up, it will give all the computers internet access, and it will block practicaly anyone from getting "in"...unless you start opening ports. Plus, you can always add another switch for when you need more computers on the network.

Get the router and set it up. Follow the instructions in the book
All the pc's will have to have an IP adress. The routers IP should be somehwat 10.0.0.1 - Your second PC should be 10.0.0.2 and so on. There default gateways have to be the Roouters IP address. Also you will have to input the preferred DNS servers.

To do all of this:
right click network ghettohood
properties
on the xp machines there should be a bridge thingy. right click it
properties.
tcp/ip highlight it
then go to properties and set your IP ADDYS and DNS servers

To get your DNS servers get online. type in the run box cmd
open the cmd box
then type in ipconfig /all it will give you the IP addresses for your DNS servers.

Good luck.