Message-ID: <200011221045380766.24943565@exchange1>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:45:38 -0500
From: "Tim Duggan"
The reason I have both a switch and hub is because I have computers in 2 separate parts of the house. Ultimately I want to have the setup shown below. I am starting out by establishing a connection between Zues and Apollo. I will get back to you with the output of ifconfig since I am not at home. What is Empire?
From the SMC website it looks like you should connect any "standard"
I believe Empire, as in Evil Empire, refers to MS :-). Both NT and, AFAIK, W2K use ipconfig from a dos box. Win 9x uses winipcfg. These utilities are similiar to ifconfig in Linux although more limited in capability (no surprises there). port on the hub to the highest numbered port on the switch with a straight thru cable. If the hub has a dedicated port for uplinking (or daisy chaining or whatever else they might call it), you can connect that port to any of the other lower ports on the switch with a straight thru cable or the highest port with a cross over cable. Keep the computers on the "standard" ports with straight cables. <snipped schematic> The layout looks like it should work and there is nothing out of the ordinary with the IP assignments HTH, Tim