Setting up a home network. Please help.

[SumDumGai]

I would like to set up a network at home, that I can use to play games with others, or access from a different location when I'm on the move. However, I have no idea how to do this. Does anybody out there know of a good website that explains in great detail how to do this? Would anybody be willing to tell me how to do this? When thinking of a good website, please keep this in mind. Compared to the average person, I know a lot about computers. Compared to the average computer expert, I'm a frickin' moron. I know the basic differences between SDRAM and RDRAM, but that's as technical as I am at this point. Thanks for any help you can provide.

-Ryan

[prowler]

I have some experience with networks.... maybe I could help ya.... if your interested mail me... [email protected]

[ECILOPAVEHT]

Originally posted by SumDumGai:
I would like to set up a network at home, that I can use to play games with others, or access from a different location when I'm on the move. However, I have no idea how to do this. Does anybody out there know of a good website that explains in great detail how to do this? Would anybody be willing to tell me how to do this? When thinking of a good website, please keep this in mind. Compared to the average person, I know a lot about computers. Compared to the average computer expert, I'm a frickin' moron. I know the basic differences between SDRAM and RDRAM, but that's as technical as I am at this point. Thanks for any help you can provide.

-Ryan

Ryan, I can help you I have my own network in my house and tweak it all the time. how many pc's you have? do you have always on internet or would you be dialing up to your network? Remote accesing is the tricky part.

[Satyr]

depending on how much you are willing to spend you can whip up quite a network. With 8 port switchs at about 120 bucks I'd have to say you should get one of those. If you have always on internet access you can grab a little router for about 150. If you want to go big time, cisco offers a single box that will do, fire wall, dhcp, Nat, and VPN. That would be the most expensive yet easiest solution. I noticed another poster say that the remote access is the toughest part...he's right.


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[Mr_Q]

It's not that big deal to set up an home LAN.But in the first place u need to know what exactly want.I mean,if u have 2 share ur net beside LAN,and the Big point is how much u want to invest in it.Mine is an 10Mb/sec LAN through an Hub,using Ishare within win98/win2k(Im using multiboot) but there are plenty of solutions available.So,if
u need more advices about it,u can mail me or
post ur tag price.
Untill then ,here is an guide about it: http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/network/

Good luck.

[vlatche]

I guess you don't want nor need anything more than 100mbps Ethernet, and since you have no experience I highly suggest taking a look at the guides up on
http://www.firingsquad.com/guides

They have a guide on how to set up your own LAN with basic techicalities explained, howto share your Internet connection and guides on how to choose your NIC/kit etc. All of these are extremely well written and helpful, and they helped me set up my 10mbps BNC home network with dial-up sharing and remote access over my phone line.

Of course, If you post more info we could always help you here...

[100%TotallyNude]

Originally posted by ECILOPAVEHT:
Ryan, I can help you I have my own network in my house and tweak it all the time. how many pc's you have? do you have always on internet or would you be dialing up to your network? Remote accesing is the tricky part.

I have one too and never mess with it. Once
it was set up and working I don't touch it.
I have a constant dsl connection that I connected about 6 machines via nat'd, and this server runs my firewall as well. It wasn't exactly easy, but it wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be either.
First thing you need to do is be convinced,
if you haven't been already, that you want
to run Linux or FreeBSD (OpenBSD is the best choice...) as the machine with
the public presence and to act as your gateway to it for the internal machines. Do
not use WinNT as your gateway machine.
Thats all I have to say about that.

[slick]

Linksys sells a good router for about $98 bucks. Whish is not a bad price and it will do every thing you want to do. Plus it will handel nat,dhcp,and it has a firewall in it. Netgear also has one that will do all that for just a few $'s more. HAHA and as far as Nt as using it as your gateway.. why would that be a problem when it was made for networking plus the guy said he was not all that much of a computer neard like the rest of us.. so i bet unix and linux would be kind of dificult.

[Mr_Q]

In my opinion there is no use for an separate server unless is used also as webserver .As for the firewall,there are plenty of them and some are even for free.
As for an home network,an hub/or router is the best option regarding the price also.
Indeed the Open BSD is the most secure OS for networking/internet ,but its a pain in the *** to install it,especially for an unix newbie.
just my 0,2 $

[Cory Brickner]

One url does it all:
www.practicallynetworked.com