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How Can I Network 3 Computers From An Ordinary Network Cable Without A Switch?
Posted on January 11th, 2010 5 commentsI have a Cat 5e cable, RJ45 connectors and 3 computers with network cards. Is it possible for me to network these three computers without using a switch or a router? If the switch has a simple circuit, I can make it my own.
Thank you for helping me on this.
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5 responses to “How Can I Network 3 Computers From An Ordinary Network Cable Without A Switch?”
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only if one of them has two NICs and you configure that one as a router… not trivial. workgroup switches are cheap these days, I’d suggest you pick one up…
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Adrian January 11th, 2010 at 15:07
Seriously, get a cheap router. That’s the only way to do it without pulling out your hair trying to configure some computer to act as a switch…
If you do not need internet access from all 3 computers, then a cheap network switch may suffice. You will have to manually configure all the network configurations on the 3 computers. Again, even if just using the “switch side” of a cheap router, it’s a lot easier since the router provides DHCP. -
Ok I know for a fact that you can re-wire your cat 5e cable into a Cat 5e crossover cable however, this will only allow two of the computers to be networked together. In order to put three of the computers together you would a total of 4 network cards each computer has one except one would house two of them for connection to eachother.
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You need to add more NIC PCI cards onto your desktop. Just make sure each desktop has 3 NIC ports.
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Not easily. With new routers less than $30 and used ones less than $10, why try to build something that probably won’t work?
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Boberell January 11th, 2010 at 15:07