Jon_Are
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I'm fixin' to hook up a (wired) home network involving two computers.
The old one is a Pentium 3, 650 mhz, 640 MB RAM, two hard drives (36 GB & 80 GB), Windows XP.
The new one is a Pentium 4, 2.8 ghz, 512 MB RAM, 160 GB hard drive, Windows XP.
I've read that you should use your faster, more powerful, computer as your 'base' computer, then run the cable from it to the weaker link.
This is not the configuration I had in mind when I first decided to network, due to various reasons (ease of wiring, placement of modem & router). Wiring this way is certainly do-able, just a bit more work than what I first envisioned.
Would there really be a noticable performance difference? Is it worth doing the extra bit of work required to create this arrangement?
Thanks,
Jon
The old one is a Pentium 3, 650 mhz, 640 MB RAM, two hard drives (36 GB & 80 GB), Windows XP.
The new one is a Pentium 4, 2.8 ghz, 512 MB RAM, 160 GB hard drive, Windows XP.
I've read that you should use your faster, more powerful, computer as your 'base' computer, then run the cable from it to the weaker link.
This is not the configuration I had in mind when I first decided to network, due to various reasons (ease of wiring, placement of modem & router). Wiring this way is certainly do-able, just a bit more work than what I first envisioned.
Would there really be a noticable performance difference? Is it worth doing the extra bit of work required to create this arrangement?
Thanks,
Jon