Re: Hardware needed for home network
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 23:02 +0000, Chris Davies wrote:
> > If I use a regular Ethernet cable to connect the firewall/server
> > computer to the DSL modem, would it work to use an Ethernet cross-cable
> > and USB-to-Ethernet adapters to provide the connection to my main
> > computer? Are there USB-to-USB cross cables?
>
> I'd recommend you keep it simple. Ethernet throughout.
>
> Modem <---> Firewall/Server <---> Switch <<--->> Other system(s)
Would another option not be to just get a switch and not bother with a
second Ethernet card in the server? This is the setup I run, i.e.
Modem <-------------> +--------+
Firewall/Server <---> | Switch |
Other system(s) <---> +--------+
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