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LAN Designed based around ADSL Link

Asked by: Cyborgigy

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My brother has a small business which at the moment consists of 7 PC's all linked via a Hub and one PC on dial up internet. I have just ordered ADSL Broadband and would like to link all 7 PC's where 3 of them have access to the internet. The broadban modem I have is a USB one and not an ethernet so it can't connect to my hub. I have thought of getting a broadband router with modem and 8 ethernet ports but such a beast doesn't exist, they all seem to only have 4 ports. Next solution is a Broadband router with Modem, put all the PC's on a switch (Not a Hub for some reason) and connect the switch to the router via crossover cable. Then run one Internet access on 1 pc and windows ICS on the other 2. Is this a feasible solution or is there a better ?

Regards

Brian

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2005-02-24 at 07:07:05ID21327558
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DSL Lines / Cable Internet

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Answers

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2005-02-24 at 07:10:21ID: 13393178

How about a broadband router with 4 lan ports, and hook a hub/switch up to one of the lan ports (if it has an uplink port, use a straight thru, if not, use a crossover cable to conenct the two (router and hub))

 

by: CyborgigyPosted on 2005-02-24 at 07:23:04ID: 13393326

Steve

Thanks for this, will the Hub be OK or move to a switch, there seems to be conflicting views on "Hub or Switch" .

Brian

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2005-02-24 at 07:27:30ID: 13393372

a switch is just a smart hub (it detects the MAC address of the attached device, and routes the packets that way, thereby avoiding broadcasting to every node)
a switch should be faster (provided they are both the same speed 10mbit or 100mbit)

 

by: samccarthyPosted on 2005-02-24 at 13:42:24ID: 13397563

Your Broadband router will hold the public IP address.  There is no need for ICS.  Plug whatever 3 workstations you want into the switch that is built into the router and take the last connection and plug it into the hub with the other computers.  Your Broadband router I'm sure by default will have DHCP enabled.  Simple and easy.  The Router does NAT, hands out IP addresses to all the workstations and everyone can access the Internet.

Cybor, BTY, a hub is a layer 1 device and works at the physical layer.  Whatever comes in will go out all ports.  It is 1 Broadcast and 1 Collision domain.  A switch is a layer 2 or layer 3 device operating at the Data or Network layer.  It is intelligent in that it knows the MAC address of what is connected to it's ports, thus traffic for something for port 2 only goes through port 2, leaving the other ports unaffected.  So, for a 4 port, layer 2 switch, it would be a 1 Broadcast and 4 collision domain device.  They are much better options now than hubs.

 

by: joe-quickPosted on 2005-02-24 at 16:29:55ID: 13398843

Cybor,
Since you are changing your network, are you also going to buy an antivirus product for the other 2 pcs, assuming that the PC with internet access already has it?

I would like to suggest another route to go which is not that expensive, allows for network growth and greater security.

I would just install a proxyserver on the computer that is going to have the usb connection to the internet. You wont need to buy a switch to share the internet this way.

I can personally recommend Winproxy. The cost for 3 users would be about $60 us.

It has a firewall built in, does all virus scanning BEFORE anything hits your network (using either Panda or McAfee you decide) You can do site-filtering, spam-filtering and content filtering. Set time and protocal restrictions per group or machine. Best of all your can download the full version and test it free for 30 days. You get free phone support for those 30 days.

Here is the link: http://www.winproxy.com
Check it out and see what you think. If you dont like it, then you can go the ICS route. The price alone is equivilent to the 2 VS products you would need for the 2 additional users.

I have used it here at work for over 2 years, and it has been great!

PS. also if you should decide that PC #4 needs email only access you can configure that easily.

 

by: samccarthyPosted on 2005-04-02 at 23:33:35ID: 13690842

I thinks a split between Stevenlewis and myself would be appropriate

 

by: joe-quickPosted on 2005-04-07 at 13:21:38ID: 13730738

Oh and just leave me and my outstanding suggestion out in the cold!!! ;o)

 

by: samccarthyPosted on 2005-04-07 at 15:54:16ID: 13731915

I wouldn't have any objection.

 

by: joe-quickPosted on 2005-04-07 at 17:23:15ID: 13732368

LMAO

 

by: samccarthyPosted on 2005-04-18 at 17:57:45ID: 13811738

Sounds good

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