um.......lan?

[Wishmaster]

Im just needing some advice. I want to play games like UT and CS and stuff but my dial up is pretty poor for such intensive games. I cant get better here atm.

Was thinking the other day. "cant i just hook up me n my mates computers?"

i just want to get 3-4 of us together and play these types of games with little lag.

I asked on a forum i ususally visit and was told i net a hub a card in each comp and some cabling. Was nosing around overclock.co.uk and seen the cards and cabling seems to be quite cheap. Im lost on the hub bit. Can any of you people (im sure there s a whole bunch of you ) that can point me in the right direction for not much money?

well this day in age, switches are so cheap it would be better to go for that.

where do you live?

[Wishmaster]

in he country outside dundee, scotland. It looks like it will be a very long time before anything resembling broadband arrives here.

What do you mean by switches?

a switch is just a hub, but smarter

more info
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/lan-switch.htm


as for brand i really dont think it matters much for a small home network

[Wishmaster]

uh huh, howstuffworks. But, lol, i dont want to know how it works, just what i need to buy. heh. I just want to plug and play. Well i dont mind setting it up.

What sort of hub/switch would you recommend for like 3 or 4 people?

link, dlink, netgear, gigafast which ever you find the cheapest. like i said for a small network a brand doesnt really matter

[Wishmaster]

is this the thing i need?

looks cheap but i dont know much about what all the numbers mean.

Switch thing

[HeadBand]

yeah that will work fine just plug a cat5 cable from each of the computers into that

yup would be perfect for your network

[Wishmaster]

thanks guys.

As always you are a credit to internet communities.