Hi there,
I gave this same reply to another person earlier today,
but i think you could benifit from the advise i gave.
Networking is mostly easy enough do do but sometimes
proves to be difficult. Firstly you need to make sure you
have the correct type of Cat5 cables, As you are using a
switch you we need two straight through cables (one to
each machine), then you will need to be sure that the
L.E.D'S on the rear of the NIC's (Network interface card)
are lit and the corresponing L.E.D's on the switch are
also lit. once you have done the above you then need to
move on to configuring the network.
Machine A and Machine both need to be configured.
Machine A - Open up the properties for the network
connection and open up the internet protocol TCP/IP
properties - Make sure that you enter a unique ip address
I.E 192.168.1.2
with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
Machine B - Open up the properties for the network
connection and open up the internet protocol TCP/IP
properties - Make sure that you enter a unique ip address
I.E 192.168.1.3
with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
You can leave the default gateway and DNS server blank as
you dont want share the internet connection. so by doing
the above should be enough to configure the network. you
will still need to do a few more things before you are
ready to go.
You will need togive each machine a unique name I.E
Machine_A and Machine_B, you will also need to give them
botha workgroup name which needs to be the same on both
computers I.E Office Network.
This should just about do it and the netowrk should work
and they should be able to ping each and access network
shares.
If you need any more help please dont hesitate to ask.
(e-mail address removed)
Regards,
Aaron
P.S As this reply was for only 2 machines you will need to
inprov the rest of it but i think you will get drift quite
easyily.
As you have 5 machines in total that you need to network
and one ADSL connection it does complicate things just a
little bit, but i will do my best to make it easy for you
to understand.
Continued from above:
Machine C - - Open up the properties for the network
connection and open up the internet protocol TCP/IP
properties - Make sure that you enter a unique ip address
I.E 192.168.1.4
with a subnet mask of 255.255.255
Machine D - - Open up the properties for the network
connection and open up the internet protocol TCP/IP
properties - Make sure that you enter a unique ip address
I.E 192.168.1.5
with a subnet mask of 255.255.255
Machine E - - Open up the properties for the network
connection and open up the internet protocol TCP/IP
properties - Make sure that you enter a unique ip address
I.E 192.168.1.6
with a subnet mask of 255.255.255
That should take care of the basic network and all
machines should be able to ping each other. To ping each
machine try the following on each machine:
Start > Run > Command > in the command windows type Ping
192.168.1.2
Remember to change the ip address depending on which
machie you are are using I.E make machine A ping
192.168.1.3 and make machine B ping 192.168.1.4 and so on
unitll all the machine have successfully pinged antoher
machine.
Now for the ADSL modem. If you are connecting the modem
directly to say machine A then that machine will be the
gateway and will need to be powered on in order for the
other machine to have internet access. Where as if you
purchased a router, the router would be the gateway way
and would not depend on a machine being powered on for
internet access.
lets say you are using machine A as the gateway you would
need to add the gateway and DNS servers to each machine
(under TCP/IP properties) the gateway address would be
192.168.1.2 and the DNS server would be:
194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100
Add these details to each machine on the network and
reboot all the machines to complete the setup.
Now if you chose to go for the router option you eould
need to configure the router using its web interface. the
router should be setup with an ip addresss of 192.168.1.1
and then connect the ADSL modem to the router and
configure the router with your ADSL username and pass and
connection type. once you have dont that, check the statue
of the ADSL using the router web interface. providing that
the ADSL connection s up we are almost done.
Now you have the router perpared you will need to make
some changes to the TCP/IP properties of all the machine
frm A to E change the gateway to 192.168.1.1 and that
should be enough to make the machines work.
Well that should be more then enough information to help
you setup your network and ADSL connection, but if you do
need any further help please do not hesitate to contact me
at (e-mail address removed)
Regards,
Aaron
