How to set up a private LAN

[LabRat]

too much to read. anybody mention HUB? ( multi port hub )

LAN server runs to hub. other computers hook into hub.

[Lurick]

9 minutes ago, LabRat said:

too much to read. anybody mention HUB? ( multi port hub )

LAN server runs to hub. other computers hook into hub.

Hub's are bad, very bad, do not talk about hubs, ever. They are ancient technology that should be relegated to the trash.

 

What you're thinking of is a switch. Hubs are stupid and blast all traffic out all ports all the time. A switch can "learn" and knows where to send traffic.

[KenjiUmino]

2 hours ago, grimreeper132 said:

The questions are,

A) how do I set network 2 up, do I need something like a router you have at home or can you just use a Ethernet switch. 

B) how do I connect a computer to both network 1 and 2 without connecting the two networks and keeping them separate so people on 1 can't access 2. I imagine windows automatically sets them up this way

 

A) no router required, a simple switch is enough if you set IP adresses manually on every computer and device connected to it.

 

B) that computer would need two network cards

[Donut417]

2 hours ago, grimreeper132 said:

is there a way to do it without a router or. As I dinny really want to buy one for it cause me skint

Technically you can get away with a switch. The only issue, is a router will have a DHCP server, while a switch wont. So you will have to manually setup all the IP addresses for that network. Like stated above, it can be put on a separate subnet, but that is beyond my scope of knowledge. 

[grimreeper132]

9 hours ago, KenjiUmino said:

 

A) no router required, a simple switch is enough if you set IP adresses manually on every computer and device connected to it.

 

B) that computer would need two network cards

I have a NIC on my motherboard an a 2 port NIC on it as well, so I have enough ports. 

 

9 hours ago, sambarrett23072 said:

The best way I can word this is that consumer equipment really isn't made for this kind of thing, sounds like what you need is separate VLANs, however with a cheap consumer router and un-managed switch this may be very difficult to implement. I honestly would not bother. 

I need this t o be done, so I will be doing it, as I would like to keep my important data as secure as possible without making it a massive pain.

 

9 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Technically you can get away with a switch. The only issue, is a router will have a DHCP server, while a switch wont. So you will have to manually setup all the IP addresses for that network. Like stated above, it can be put on a separate subnet, but that is beyond my scope of knowledge. 

yea I have a feeling I need a router then as I can't assign IPs to all of the computers easily far as I remember considering several have web GUIs