Home networking with a router

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited March 2007 in Science & Tech
mtrox breaks down IP addresses for those new to home networking.
About twice a year the mailman puts your neighbor’s Visa bill in your mailbox, but your network never embarrasses you by sending anything Paris Hilton-related to the kids. How does it do that?

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    In any version of Windows since Win 98*, just go to the Start button, then Run and type “cmd” in the space (without the quotation marks), then hit enter. In the new window just type “ipconfig /all” (no quotation marks) and hit enter again. You’ll see a screen that looks a lot like this:

    CMD does not work on Windows 95, 98 or ME. You have to use "command.com" or "command." IPCONFIG is not a valid command on 9x either, as it's winipcfg, and you release/renew via a button in a small program.
  • WinfreyWinfrey waddafuh Missouri Icrontian
    edited February 2007
    Pretty good guide overall. Especially for those that have very little knowledge in the network universe.
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited February 2007
    Thrax wrote:
    CMD does not work on Windows 95, 98 or ME. You have to use "command.com" or "command." IPCONFIG is not a valid command on 9x either, as it's winipcfg, and you release/renew via a button in a small program.

    I meant "after" Win 98......I think you're right, "since" isn't as clear.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited March 2007
    Ok, in my router, I have DHCP turned off, and the IP addresses manually entered in each computer's network config. Also, is there any reason why Folding@Home from my brother's computer saturates the network when attempting to upload and download a workunit, and it can't connect to any server? This is causing very high latency and slow connections. Last night I was getting a latency as high as 3100ms in World of Warcraft because of this. I normally get 93-250ms in WoW.
  • AMobileGeekAMobileGeek Huntingdon, Pa
    edited March 2007
    I have a question with home networking. I don't trust one of my neighbor's kids. For wireless, what feature do you guys recommend to stop your neighbors from using it? I use Mac filtering option and not broadcast my signal. You guys think that good enough?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited March 2007
    That's the best security possible, AMG. Read this article:

    http://www.short-media.com/articles/wireless_security

    For more info. :)
  • AMobileGeekAMobileGeek Huntingdon, Pa
    edited March 2007
    Thanks!
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