I've never heard of Harmony. When I did my research on minihubs I was
told that D-Link was the hub of choice. Perhaps somebody else here has
some info they can provide or Harmony has a web site somewhere...
Sounds like the right number of ports for a home network (the hub). I
would however recommend when you cable to go with CAT 5 cabling. It's a
little pricy compared to the others but you won't regret it. Home Depot
sells it for about 15 cents a foot typically. Or you can get some
pre-made ones for a little more.
I recommend you setup your computers/hub in a "STAR" configuration.
That is where your hub is the center of your network and every PC plugs
into it in a one on one manner. Don't interconnect the computers, go
straight into the hub. This way should anything go wrong only one
system is affected (unless it's the hub of course) and it will be easy
to upgrade in the future should you desire.
Good luck with your home network. I've had a setup like this for years
and it's alot of fun. I'm waiting for DSL to be available in my area
before I put the house on the internet. Hopefully soon.....
Frank
Brandon Dorman wrote:
>
> Dear Frank,
>
> Great. I've gotten a lot of helpful answers to this question.
> Again, the Ovislink price is perfect! Would I be better with the ISA or
> PCI NIC's? Or would it matter? There is a $28 Harmony 4-port hub.
> That would be fine (brand doesn't matter to me as long as it's not
> trash) and save some money. So, if I use 3 of the 10/100mb 64bit PCI
> hubs ($11 each for $33), one Harmony 4port hub ($28), 2 25 feet cables,
> 1 50 footer (or would it be ok to go from one to one to one, with only 2
> 25 feet cables, or have 2 of those then 1 50 footer to go from the last
> to the first. see diagram below.
>
> A---(25ft cable)-----B-------(25ft cable)---------C
> -------------(50ft cableconnecting A and C)-------
>
> Anyway, total cost before tax and all that junk is a bit over $70,
> just as Paul predicted.
> I don't need fast performance, but if it bogs down machine B... (A is
> my 450PIII linux machine, B is a 333 k6-2 W98, C is old and slow, a
> 75mghz P75 but they won't let me make it linux. :-) The order can be
> switched of course I'm assuming.
> Way back when, Julian was telling me about how to set this all up - I
> plan to have others access the internet through my linux machine. I'll
> get the latest SAMBA RPM's today or tomorrow and if this whole thing
> fly's with the rest of the family I'll get the network when I have
> enough money - (cash seems to have vanished over the weekend!) next
> month.
>
> Frank Carreiro wrote:
>
> > $31 - OvisLink 8 Port Hub - 10Mbs - Retail
> >
> > $110 - OvisLink 8 Port Hub - 10/100Mbs - Dual Speed - Retail
> >
> > $329 - OvisLink 8 Port - 10/100Mbs - Switching Hub - Retail
> >
> > $11 - OvisLink - 10Mbs - 32bit - PCI - Retail
> >
> > $14 - OvisLink - 10/100Mbs - PCI - Retail
> >
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