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Morning all, I've just brought a second hand Compaq Armada M300 laptop that came with a 3COM 10Mbs LAN PC card with a RJ-45 lan connector. I'm looking to hook it up to the home PC to share files and also use the broadband connection it runs. Can anyone advise me what I need to get to do this or is it better binning it and getting an alternative (wireless etc).
Many thanks.... Mark
Many thanks.... Mark
No, if the broadband runs at 256 and you are not using any bandwidth on the home PC (baring in mind that the home PC has to be on in order for you to use the broadband) you should get near enough 256 out of it (take into account that it is the HOME pc which is connecting to the broadband and therefore there will be some bandwidth stolen by the home pc even whilst idle). If the network is configured correctly, there should be no reason why a slower rate wud be acheived by the laptop...even at 1Mbps (network wise) but you'll be running a network at 10/100 so it'l be fine.
Thanks so far. I'm running XP on the home PC and 2000 on the laptop (only a weasy Pentium II 366 with 6 Gb HD. Also whilst I'm hear the Broadband runs at upto 256 - would I be expecting a much slower connection on the laptop ?
If you're not in any rush, can I recommend you buy them online. The cable (assuming a couple of metres long) in-store will probably cost you £10, and around £1 online. The difference will be bigger the longer the cable.
The cheapeast card will probably cost you about £10-15 in-store, and around £3 online....
The cheapeast card will probably cost you about £10-15 in-store, and around £3 online....
Okay. You will need a network card for your home PC, and a crossover CAT5 network cable to connect between them. PC World will certainly sell the former and probably the latter, but you may have to double-check with the sales assistant that the latter is crossover and not straight-through cable.
Once you have the hardware in place you get the joy of setting it up in software. What operating systems are installed on both the laptop and your existing PC?
Once you have the hardware in place you get the joy of setting it up in software. What operating systems are installed on both the laptop and your existing PC?
Hi there, No there's nothing to support a network in the existing home PC it's just connected to AOL broadband. I plan to use the laptop for college work whilst away from home and it would be handy to share files between the two and also download reference work to the laptop without having to unplug the home PC every time.
Do you have a network in your house already? If so, how is it laid out? If not, do you have a network card in your home PC, and are you planning to add more computers to the network in the future?
Morning all, I've just brought a second hand Compaq Armada M300 laptop that came with a 3COM 10Mbs LAN PC card with a RJ-45 lan connector. I'm looking to hook it up to the home PC to share files and also use the broadband connection it runs. Can anyone advise me what I need to get to do this or is it better binning it and getting an alternative (wireless etc).
Many thanks.... Mark
Many thanks.... Mark