Do I need 2 network cards??

[CP]

OK so I have just got a cable modem, and it plugs into my network card. Great, but now I can't connect to the other PC here at home. The network card has 2 outlets, the simple coax cable goes to the PC and the other one, like a phone socket, goes to the modem. Is this just a matter of settings or will I need another network card? Each PC recognises itself but not each other.
Thankx
CP

[bdg1983]

okay so you have the modem to the wall the
coax to the pc and the cat5 to the other pc right?

[SlCKB0Y's_Ghost]

youll probably need two network cards. one for the cable modem to plug into, and then a second one to either connect your computer to another computer using a crossover cable, or alternatively, using normal cable, connect your computer to a hub etc...

[bdg1983]

you need to conncect the two pc's with a cat5 crossover cable
you can change a normal cable to a crossover if you need to just search in google.

[Big_Jeff Stud]

you'll need another network card.

[Big_Jeff Stud]

you can use a crossover cable just fine, but I would suggest getting a hub or even spending a few (okay maybe not a few) extra bucks and get yourself a switch for your internal network. It will allow for expandability (I don't think that's a word, but you get the point). More computers have always made it easier for me to set up various types of servers. Great for networking newbies.

Have fun!!

[CP]

Thanks Guys. I am not looking at buying any more PC's for a long time so will put in the extra network card I have. I don't know how I ended up with 3 monitors 3 network cards and only 2 PC's. :confused:

[Bennett]

No, you wouldnt need another NIC card to connect all the other comps. All you would need is a hub or a router ( if your going to have more than 2 comps on 1 cable connection) and some cat 5 cables to reach all the other comps. Or you could have 2 NIC cards in each comp and you could have a token ring type network ( i think thats what its called). If you need any more help just email me at Fr0stByte7@hotmail.com

[ 24 June 2001: Message edited by: Bennett ]

[Zoist]

When you plug one network cable into the card, it turns off the other connector.

Just install another nic. Quick, cheaper, and easier! ;)

[CP]

Tried to put in the other card, but found out I have no space. it is only a Digital PC 3500, so has 2isa and 2 pci, but because of the way its set up you can only use 3. So I have 1 NIC, 1 sound card and 1 scsi card. Oh well I'll just go buy a hub.

[TheBrewMeister]

A hub won't help you if you can't install a second nic. If you're going to serve the cable to your network, you must have 2 nic's in the machine that will serve it. The only other way is to use a cable/dsl router and I have no idea how well they work with linux.

[taz1004]

You don't need extra nic if you get a Cable/DSL router. I recommend a router because it doesn't take extra resources and it's FAST! It's faster than using cable modem with one PC. I can download multiple files from my other machine and connection on this machine doesn't suffer.

Linksys or Netgear routers are very good for around $100 and they come with 4 ports which means you don't need to get a hub.

--BrianC