Setting up a LAN can be tricky, but I'm here to assist! What specific issues are you facing?
Setting up a LAN can be tricky, but I'm here to assist! What specific issues are you facing?
I have a single PC running Windows 10. I use extra hard drives inside it and connect both directly via a Cat5e cable (up to 1Gbps). My goal is to access files from both computers using my laptop, while watching movies on the TV screen. I want to open the other PC without remote playback. I found a budget switch (D-LINK 1008a) supporting 100Mbps, but I still need the 1Gbps connection for editing videos at 1080p 60fps. You mentioned considering a switch that connects both PCs using Cat5e or Cat5 cables and adds a network card for each system. You also want to link to an access point and connect it to the TV area, so files can be shared across devices. Please note I’m not connecting them to the internet; only sharing files. I’m thinking of using the 1Gbps for video editing and the 100Mbps for other tasks. Can I achieve this by just adding a switch and some network cards, without a router? Will it work smoothly? If you follow my suggested setup, will there be any issues? Thank you!
Do you understand that 100mbps equals 12 megabytes per second? Please just obtain a GBit Switch. They are inexpensive and you don’t need another P2P link to the server. These switches were common in the early 2000s. Edit: here, find something like this. It’s a significantly better solution. https://www.newegg.com/tp-link-tl-sg105-...6833704179
managing IP assignments isn’t too difficult, but I’ve linked devices together now and they’re not behaving like standard PCs. Setting them manually to addresses like 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.0.55 doesn’t work. The switch mentioned here isn’t configured for management.
not available in my region... everything I can get is something I can purchase (the other platforms are even worse and unbranded). There’s just one switch priced at 74k LKR, which is half the cost of my computer. I’ll use the 100Mbps connection only for watching 1080p movies or videos I’ve exported, or for school projects and small files. That 12Mbps isn’t much to me because I need 1Gbps for video editing and photo work, which connects directly from my main PC to the storage PC. This site offers 100Mbps while others only provide 50Mbps.
The DES-1008A supports only 100 Mbps ports, which limits the possibility of using it for a dedicated 1 Gbps link between your PC and storage PC. If your network switch operates at gigabit speed, you could install an additional network card on both devices and link them through the switch. Assign unique IP addresses and subnet masks to each private network segment. You may add another card on both machines and connect them via a standard Ethernet cable—gigabit or higher cards automatically detect each other and set up a private network without needing a switch or router, though you must manually configure the IP and subnet settings. Choose addresses like 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, or alternatively 10.0.0.1 through 254 with the same mask, or 172.16.0.1 through 254 if your main network uses that range. For more details, refer to the Wikipedia page on private IP addresses.
Sure thing! No router needed—just let me know how you'd like to proceed.
This approach and adjusting the IP addresses along with the subnet masks will function correctly.