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basic steps to connecting two PC's together :
1) Buy 2 UTP Network cards, Buy 1 UTP cross over lead
2) Fit a network card in each PC.
3) Install the driver for the card from the floppy disk (this comes with
the card) on both computers.
4) Connect the PC's together with the UTP lead - The 'link light' will
illuminate on the card at this point.
5) Setup the IP address on each machine.
6) Setup access rights on the machine you want to access files from (you
do not need to do this if you only intend to use the network for playing
games on)
7) That's it, Your simple network is now running.
The basic steps to connecting more than two PC's together are
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If you want to connect say 5 PC's together then the instructions are
the same as for two PC's apart from
You will also need something called a HUB. A HUB is an electronic
junction box (needs power from a mains socket).
All the computers connect to the hub rather than directly to each other.
Also rather than using cross over UTP leads you MUST use straight-thru
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| Make a
Network Cables
What you will Need
You will need some Category 5 Network Cable, some RJ45 Connectors, a
wire stripper (I use a simple wire stripper from radio shack...also has
a punch tool on the end), wire cutters, RJ45 Crimper (I use an all-in-one
RJ45/RJ11/wire cutter from radio shack. It can strip also, but it doesn't
do as good a job as using the other tool for stripping the wire), and a
cable tester (optional).
You will take the end of the cable and strip off about 2" of the
plastic jacket exposing 4 twisted pairs of wire. You should see an
Orange - White/Orange pair, Green - White/Green Pair, Blue - White/Blue
Pair, and a Brown - White/Brown Pair.
Now we will line up the wires in the correct sequence. For a Straight
Through Cable we will line up both ends the same. For the crossover
cable we will do one end the way about to be described and the second
end we will change the sequence. FIRST let's do the straight through end:
Start by untwisting each pair of wires. Next we will put the wires in
order IMPORTANT: The wires must be lined up in this order: White-Orange,
Orange, White-Green, Blue, White-Blue, Green, White-Brown, and Brown. I
like to line up each wire one at a time on tip of my index finger and
straighten the wires out with the addition of each wire to my finger -
but you will probably devise your own method for getting them lined up
and straight. (shown below)
If you are making a crossover over cable, one end must be the straight
through color code as described above. The other end must be this color
sequence: White-Green, Green, White-Orange, Blue, White-Blue, Orange,
White-Brown, Brown. What we just did was swapped the positions of the
orange and green pair. This will cause the White-Orange and Orange wire
to go from pins 1 & 2 on one end to the pins 3&6 on the other
end. This allows the sending pins of one device to line up with the
receive pins of the other device (a hub does this internally which is
why the wire in a straight through cable must be in the same pin
position on both ends of the cable).
Now we must trim the cable down. We have 2" of exposed wires so we
could easily work with them and line them up. We want to trim down to
leave around 1/2" of wire exposed. This will make them fit nicely
into the RJ45 Plug. So take the wire and place them into the wire
cutters and cut them. Be sure to make all of the wires squared off on
the end so we do not have a jagged edge that can cause some of the wires
not to be crimped when we insert them into the RJ45 plug. At this point
I do recommend that you have a very tight grip on the wires near where
they enter the plastic wire coating. This helps to not allow the wires
to move. You must not let them be loose because they can easily get out
of there color order and move around such that the end becomes jagged (and
we just got the end squared off).
It is time to insert the wires. I like to have the RJ45 plug positioned
so that I can see the underside of the plug. I do this because I can see
the wires better as I insert them to make sure they do not get out of
order. When inserting this way the white orange wire goes in on the left
side of the plug. Insert them carefully and slowly. This should help
keep the wires in order. Push them in as far as you can so that the tips
of the wire are at the tip of the RJ45 plug.
Now take the wire in plug and insert it into the RJ45 Crimping tool and
Squeeze it tightly. You want to make absoutely sure that the contacts at
the end of the plug cut into each wire securly. Take the cable out and
it is done. Repeat the steps for the other end of the cable and you
should have a good working cable. You can now plug it into your devices
to make sure that the cable works, or if you have a cable tester, test
the cable to insure that it is wired properly. I like to test them
before I use them because even after making many many cables, sometimes
something goes wrong. I would recommend getting a cable tester if you
plan on making a large number of cables or will be making them
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How to make a Network
Boot Disk with Ghost 7.0
Situation:
You want to know how to use Ghost Boot Wizard to create a Network Boot
Disk.
Solution:
This document describes how to use the Ghost Boot Wizard to create a
Network Boot Disk that will run Ghost.exe at the client computer. The
client computer will communicate over a network interface card with
another computer that is running Ghost.exe or with a computer that is
running Ghost Multicast Server or Ghost Enterprise Console.
NOTE: In Ghost 6.0 - 6.04, the Network Boot Disk is called a Ghost
Multicast Boot Disk (or Ghost Multicast Client Boot Disk) and is created
with the Ghost Multicast Assist Wizard. Ghost versions prior to 6.0 do
not include the features Ghost Boot Wizard or Multicast Assist Wizard
and have no automatic process for creating bootable floppy disks.
To make a Network Boot Disk:
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