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Dell Optiplex assistance please help!
Hi,
Tomorrow morning I am going to try and set up a dell 2216 switch...The first thing I have to do is setup my comcast cable modem...Would it be easier to set it up through the switch first, or should I try and get the cable modem up and running first directly to the dell opitplex server? I am also trying to allow another drive to be utilized by the switch as well as a hp printer. This is the first time I will have ever setup a server and a switch for a small network, any and all assistance tips, tricks, things to look out for would be graciously appreciated! Paul
P.S.-Could anyone tell me the specific places to put each ethernet cable on the power switch 2216?
Tomorrow morning I am going to try and set up a dell 2216 switch...The first thing I have to do is setup my comcast cable modem...Would it be easier to set it up through the switch first, or should I try and get the cable modem up and running first directly to the dell opitplex server? I am also trying to allow another drive to be utilized by the switch as well as a hp printer. This is the first time I will have ever setup a server and a switch for a small network, any and all assistance tips, tricks, things to look out for would be graciously appreciated! Paul
P.S.-Could anyone tell me the specific places to put each ethernet cable on the power switch 2216?
- Thanks for the reply! Yeah sounds good, I'm fine with using the optiplex as a pc instead of as a server, it depends on what the client wants...Do I in fact need a cable router, or can I get away with plugging the comcast rca broadband cable modem into the switch and run the internet connection to the rest of the printers, hardrive, via ethernet connections? Is that switch difficult to configure usually?
I don't know whta your switch looks like, but I have never heard of a switch capable of taking the rca cable. Yes you do need the router to get connected first. This is your main portal to internet. The sitche does not have any configuration programs. It doesn't even have its own ip. All it does is connects lan together and allows for computers to communicate with each other. If an internet signal is present, it is split/multiplied and fed to all connections at the same time.
drKorg
- Thanks again for the reply! So, I guess I need to find a good internet router, that will route the internet from awful RCA cable modem into the LAN...Any suggestions for buying a good, cheap router? Once the router is configured with the cable modem, how hard is it to get it to play along nice with the 2216 dell switch? From your explanation a switch will allow me to access and pass folders from one computer to another...Will it also allow me to print from the same hp laser printer too? Thanks again for all your help!
Paul
drkorg
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Posted February 15th, 2006 21:00
Flaheel,
I have set up a number of small networks in the past. Depending on your application of course, you really don't need a server in most cases. If you are only trying to share the internet connection and share files/printers, the switch is all you need and it should not need any special set up. Just plug in your router and the rest of the computers to it. That's it. You may want to find out if your cable router has a firewall and a DHCP server built in. Without the two of them, you will be an easy target for hackers. Let me know if you need one, i know of a really inexpensive LinkSys one that works like a charm. Good luck!
Sincerely,
drKorg