hub with 2 ip's

[generallee5686]

i got a network with a hub that has 2 computers and a cable modem hooked to it. We have 2 ip's currently (from our isp).

i was wondering what would be the best way to network the pc's, like what protocol to use and stuff.

im really tryiing to stay away from routers

any ideas?

in most cases you will need to talk to you ISP.

when i had @home i was paying for two ip addresses and the way they had the computers set up was each computer had a different name

ie. my first computer was cx456-a

and my second was cx456-b

as for protocol you would use tcp/ip of course

Jason

[Droppyale]

Why stay away from routers?

that would be the easiest way of doing it...

and you wouldn't have to pay extra for ips, plus you get the security..

[John Prophet]

Really at this point all you have to do is enable "file and print sharing" on both computers....and then share some files...(after enabling file and print sharing you just right click the file and choose 'sharing' and then choose how you want it shared)

They obviously already have tcp/ip protocol on them...so you are over halfway there.

Make sure they are on the same "workgroup"....in w98, winMe etc the name of the workgroup is "workgroup" by default...in XP it is "MSHome"...not sure about w2k....so if you have one 98 machine and one xp machine you have to change one of the workgroup names so they match.

XP comes with file and printer sharing installed by default.

On w98 you just right click "network neighborhood" and click properties and youll see file and printer sharing at the bottom of the popup.



Frankly though...a router is the easiest/best way to go. If you have a router, like the popular Linksys befsr41....you would only need ONE IP from the isp...the cable modem would go to the router...then the router makes up its own IP addresses to give to all the machines you hook to the router. With that setup, the only thing that people (hackers) on the internet can "see" is the router....they cant see the machines that are behind the router...because the router functions nicely as a hardware firewall.

And the setup of the router is so simple..almost everything is already set properly at default. And they cost peanuts nowadays.

With a hub going straight to the cable modem your machines will need a good software firewall.

JP

[generallee5686]

each ip starts with 24.236, but the last 2 numbers on each ip are different

i thought when running tcp/ip u need to have the first 3 numbers the same in order for them to network?