rec.autos.simulators

by **Scott Boha** » Fri, 25 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Hi, I've been using my PC for hosting GPL races occasionly, but obviously I
need to use my PC for other things like work and email. Would it be
possible to connect 2 PCs somehow to my LAN connection in my room. If I
could, then I could have my old PC running a dedicated GPL server 24 hours
a day everyday, and I can use my main PC for my work and playing GPL.

TIA

Scott Boham

by **Limousin** » Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:00:00

yes; buy a 4-port hub and you'll be set. i would suggest buying an intel
4-port 10/100 hub. i assume both pc's have nic cards? another option: if
both machines have USB ports, you might want to get one of those new-fangled
USB hubs. supposedly very easy to configure, but i've never done it.

LDE

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by **Arne Marti** » Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:00:00

> > Hi, I've been using my PC for hosting GPL races occasionly, but obviously
> I
> > need to use my PC for other things like work and email. Would it be
> > possible to connect 2 PCs somehow to my LAN connection in my room. If I
> > could, then I could have my old PC running a dedicated GPL server 24 hours
> > a day everyday, and I can use my main PC for my work and playing GPL.

erhm, if you connect two PCs together that would be a LAN, do you mean
you have a bigger LAN to connect to (which in turn connects you to the
internet, or do you mean you want to connect this two-PC-LAN to the
internet?

If you're to use a hub so that both PCs can get on the internet you
would need two ips. Can you get two ips from you ISP? Otherwise only one
PC can be on the internet at a time. Luckily my ISP gives me two ips for
no extra cost, but most ISPs don't... If you have can get only one ip,
your best option would probably be to get two more networkadapters and
use these to connect your two PCs together (with one of them also having
the newworkadapter with the internetconnection). Then use software like
ICS in Win98SE or Win200 to get share the connection.

--
Arne Martin

by **Bria** » Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:00:00

The best solution to have all your PCs on the Internet using only one IP is
to use a Network Address Translator software on the machine you have the
Internet connection (it will act as a router between your internal LAn and
the Internet). The best software I know, and very cheap also, is WinRoute.
You can get it from http://www.tinysoftware.com

Brian

> > > Hi, I've been using my PC for hosting GPL races occasionly, but
obviously
> > I
> > > need to use my PC for other things like work and email. Would it be
> > > possible to connect 2 PCs somehow to my LAN connection in my room. If
I
> > > could, then I could have my old PC running a dedicated GPL server 24
hours
> > > a day everyday, and I can use my main PC for my work and playing GPL.

> erhm, if you connect two PCs together that would be a LAN, do you mean
> you have a bigger LAN to connect to (which in turn connects you to the
> internet, or do you mean you want to connect this two-PC-LAN to the
> internet?

> > yes; buy a 4-port hub and you'll be set.

> If you're to use a hub so that both PCs can get on the internet you
> would need two ips. Can you get two ips from you ISP? Otherwise only one
> PC can be on the internet at a time. Luckily my ISP gives me two ips for
> no extra cost, but most ISPs don't... If you have can get only one ip,
> your best option would probably be to get two more networkadapters and
> use these to connect your two PCs together (with one of them also having
> the newworkadapter with the internetconnection). Then use software like
> ICS in Win98SE or Win200 to get share the connection.

> --
> Arne Martin

by **Alan Gauto** » Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:00:00

> > Hi, I've been using my PC for hosting GPL races occasionly, but obviously
> I
> > need to use my PC for other things like work and email. Would it be
> > possible to connect 2 PCs somehow to my LAN connection in my room. If I
> > could, then I could have my old PC running a dedicated GPL server 24 hours
> > a day everyday, and I can use my main PC for my work and playing GPL.

> yes; buy a 4-port hub and you'll be set. i would suggest buying an intel
> 4-port 10/100 hub. i assume both pc's have nic cards? another option: if
> both machines have USB ports, you might want to get one of those new-fangled
> USB hubs. supposedly very easy to configure, but i've never done it.

I would guess that by looking at the original request this LAN
connection is actually in a set of student halls. The simplest solution
in this case would be to request your computer centre authorises a
second IP address for your second machine, and also ask if they have an
official policy on connecting 2 machines in a single student room.
(Either that or find a friend who doesn't have a machine and ask if they
would mind "looking after it" for you.)

--
AG

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by **Zonk** » Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:00:00

>The best solution to have all your PCs on the Internet using only one IP is
>to use a Network Address Translator software on the machine you have the
>Internet connection (it will act as a router between your internal LAn and
>the Internet). The best software I know, and very cheap also, is WinRoute.
>You can get it from http://www.tinysoftware.com

Better yet, there a linux 1 floppy disk solutions that don't need much beyond
a 486 ;)

Z.

Please remove my_pants when replying.

by **Scott Boha** » Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:00:00

> > > Hi, I've been using my PC for hosting GPL races occasionly, but
obviously
> > I
> > > need to use my PC for other things like work and email. Would it be
> > > possible to connect 2 PCs somehow to my LAN connection in my room.
If I
> > > could, then I could have my old PC running a dedicated GPL server 24
hours
> > > a day everyday, and I can use my main PC for my work and playing GPL.

> erhm, if you connect two PCs together that would be a LAN, do you mean
> you have a bigger LAN to connect to (which in turn connects you to the
> internet, or do you mean you want to connect this two-PC-LAN to the
> internet?

Yes, the LAN socket in my room is connected to the university network which
is connected to the internet. The computing office charges us 20 per term
to use the socket and gives me 1 IP address. I was just wondering if they
would be able to detect if I was using 2 PC's rather than 1, I don't want
to pay another 20.

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by **Mitch Alatorr** » Sat, 26 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Actually you will need 2 NIC's (network interface cards) in the gatway
machine. Nic 1 for your connection to the university LAN using the supplied
IP/mask/gw/dns. The second Nic will be used for your internal LAN using a
private IP range like 192.168.0.X/ subnet 255.255.255.0. Although I
recomend a hub another option is using a crossover cable between the 2
inernal lan nics.

You can then use any NAT/Proxy software which effectively hides your
internal LAN from the outside world thus sharing a single IP.

Linux isnt for the technically challenged. If you familiar with
IPchains/masquerading then it's a great option.

Here is a NAT page that lists most currently available software.
http://www.uq.net.au/~zzdmacka/the-nat-page/nat_windows.html

I use Wingate 3.05.

Mitch

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