RE: Networking via router? -- PCTECH

I had a similar question, Bob. The Gigabyte would not need to go between the modem and the IPCop box, right? That seems what you said in clarifying my post a while back (thanks for that).

But the Gigabyte, if configurable as a switch, would connect to the inside of the IPCop box (green?), and the PCs would all connect to the Gigabyte, right? Dan could get 3 or 4 PCs hooked up this way, I think.

Thanks
Vern

At 12:53 PM 10/5/2004, you wrote:

Why use the Gigabyte?  Cause I thought you wanted to.  <g>


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dan Bale
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:24 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Networking via router?
>
> > The only thing pluged into the Gigabyte would be your cable/dsl modem
> and
> > the Red interface of the IPCop box.
>
> Why even bother using the Gigabyte then?  First line of defense?
>
> > Clear as mud yet?
>
> <g>  I appreciate the education I'm getting here.
>
> db
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Bob Crothers
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:58 AM
> >
> > You would not connect your PCs to the Gigabyte.
> >
> > The only thing pluged into the Gigabyte would be your cable/dsl modem
> and
> > the Red interface of the IPCop box.
> >
> > Then the Green interface of the IPCop box would plug into a different
> > hub/switch.  This hub/switch is what all of your network would plug
> into.
> >
> > Then you just do Peer to Peer networking between your windows boxes.
> The
> > IPCop box doesn't really have much to do with your resource sharing in
> the
> > windows world.
> >
> > But they will share the Internet connection via IPCop (your "default
> > gateway").
> >
> > Clear as mud yet?
> >
> > Bob
>
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