Hi, knew to this forum. My name is John.
We have 8 computers in our office. This number may or may not increase over the next few years.
We need to get them all connected, urgently.
We have already chosen the storage unit but we are now a bit lost.
The storage unit (ie the server) is comp.1, and all the other computers in the office need to be able to access the external HDD connected via USB to comp.1. We use a combination of winXP and win7 in the office. Data transferred will be anything from large photo's to hundreds of small files at a time (scripts) so speed will be important.
We are looking at getting a switch like this one.
The network I am setting up here is internal and will be completely sealed from the internet. 5 of the computers will never have access to the internet, the other three will be connected to an Ethernet switch box so they can either be on the internet router or on the internal network, but never both (i know this is not what is normally done, however for various reasons [security being one] we have decided it will be best to do this).
The question I suppose is, does anyone know any good easy tutorials i could follow to set our network up with a switch? I spoke to a tech guy on the phone who whizzed through the concept of having to fix ip addresses and direct computers to the correct location or something, but i hung up the phone non the wiser.
Thanks, and i will appreciate any tips or pointers anyone might be able to give.
John
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