Sturmvogel Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Just wanted to know if anyone has any knowlege on this. I'm trying to network three laptops together. Did some searching, as this is probably a common question, but I haven't found anything. Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Just go out and buy a cheap 4 port hub, Linksys, DLink, even Netgear will do, and some ethernet cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Yep, it's the same as with a desktop. Wired or Wireless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoteric Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Several ways to do this: 1. get an add-on network card for one of the laptops and 2 crossover cables. 2. get a router. 3. get a hub. Hubs are far more simple, but routers are more usefl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmvogel Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) Meh...we sort of figured it out. I really only needed to network two laptops. Just a matter of disabling DCHP...and manually setting the ip. Then used my crossover cable. Edited February 20, 2006 by Sturmvogel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 the only advantage to a hub over a crossover is if you need to add more later you can and a router is basically a hub and a...uhh...something else combined, its 2AM gimme a break, so it would just be wasting extra money to buy a router for this purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weirdy Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) My cheap router has only 4 inputs, but it works and it's been fit as a fiddle for over year (even after being accidently stepped on many times, and my brother kicking it once during a hissy-fit). What do I do when all 4 inputs have been occupied? Break out the hub! Although, for the thousandth time, you'd only really need a hub if your ISP sends you a modem with a hardware-based firewall (which acts like a router and gives more than one LAN ip address). Edited March 2, 2006 by Weirdy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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