Networking question

[carlg]

I'm not a networking expert, so please excuse me if I'm not up to speed on the technology.

I have a cable modem coming into my house.
This then goes into my wireless router/switch combination (does not have VPN capabilities, but it has the capabilty to forward ssh requests to a different machine on my network)

Each port on the router is linked to a different room in my home. My computer room has only 1 network jack (installed in the wall) which is connected to the router.
I have a WinXP machine that is plugged into this jack.

I want to set up a Linux machine in the same room as my WinXP machine. I want this mahcine to be able to accept ssh requests from the outside world. I know thru my router config that I can pass the ssh requests to the ip address in the computer room, but now how do I need to set up the computer room?

Should I buy a cheap switch and connect the XP and Linux mahcines to the wall jack or do I need another router that can pass the ssh request to the Linux machine (will a switch do this?)

I guess my main objective is for my friend to be able to establish an ssh shell into the Linux machine which is at my place and I only have 1 network jack in the computer room (I want to have 2 computers in the computer room)

Any advice is appreciated

Thanks

Carl

 

[CiscoGuy33]

Carl,

All you need to do is get a Linksys, Netgear or D-Link etc. switch and plug the uplink port into the wall jack and then plug all your computers in the room into the switch.

If the SSH was working on the one computer plugged into the wall jack - adding the switch will not change anything.

One thought - if you have GIG Ethernet cards in your computers (most new computers do or you can add one for less then $20) you might check the 10/100/1000 switches sold by the companies listed above.

I got a D-Link for $20 after rebate at CompUSA last month. This would ONLY speed up the connection between the 2 computers plugged into the switch (if they both have GIG cards).

Even if you do not have the GIG cards now - you might check the GIG switches so that you are ready down the road - just a thought - price is about the same with sales!

Hope this helps!



E.A. Broda
CCNA, CCDA, CCAI, Network +