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If your router has multiple ports - one port will connect to your broadband (WAN) and the others will connect to any of the remaining ports. &nbsp;The router probably is set up for DHCP so, each machine will acquire its own IP address from that and then you should be able to connect (assuming they're all in the same workgroup).<br />

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If your router has multiple ports - one port will connect to your broadband (WAN) and the others will connect to any of the remaining ports.  The router probably is set up for DHCP so, each machine will acquire its own IP address from that and then you should be able to connect (assuming they're all in the same workgroup).


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Here are some good links:<br />
<a href="http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/homenetworking/" rel="ugc">http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/homenetworking/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/16887.html" rel="ugc">http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/16887.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,102461,00.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,102461,00.asp</a>
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Here are some good links:
http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/homenetworking/ [http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/homenetworking/]
http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/16887.html [http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/16887.html]
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,102461,00.asp [http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,102461,00.asp]

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I have 3 Win2K machine sharing a briadband connection using a DLink DI-604 router. &nbsp;I want ti network these machines together to 1) share a printer and 2) share files. &nbsp;Do I need to add NIC cards or can I do it throught the router? &nbsp;I'm new to this stuff.
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I have 3 Win2K machine sharing a briadband connection using a DLink DI-604 router.  I want ti network these machines together to 1) share a printer and 2) share files.  Do I need to add NIC cards or can I do it throught the router?  I'm new to this stuff.

DI-604 router for networking

Networking software modules are interfaced with a framework implemented on the machine's operating system that implements the networking functionality of the operating system. The best known frameworks are the TCP/IP model and the OSI model. Systems typically do not use a single protocol to handle a transmission. Instead they use a set of cooperating protocols, sometimes called a protocol family or protocol suite.[9] Some of the best known protocol suites include: IPX/SPX, X.25, AX.25, AppleTalk and TCP/IP. Other protocols indirectly related to networking include the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and its related technologies, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name Server (DNS) and other Internet protocols.

Networking Protocols

Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.

Networking

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.