Use of old Computer

[naresh]

hello friends,
recently I bought a new computer for myself but from that day I was thinking what to do with my old PC as I not want to throw it out, so do you have any idea how can I keep using it ,
actually I want to ask whether I can make a LAN connection using my newer PC ? or is it that easy that anyone with little knowledge of networking can make that , if yes please help me out ....

old PC configuration :
P IV 1.6 GHz ,Intel 850GB MB, 20 GB HDD, 128 RDRAM, CD RW, LAN Card
new PC configuration :
core2duo 2.2 GHz, 160 GB HDD, 512 DDR2 SDRAM, E4500

cheers !

[bigjoe4]

Give your old PC to me!

[oiwio]

take out the old hard drive and put it in the new one. free 20 GBs right there, otherwise just take it apart and mess around with it. thats what I do, salvage then destroy :laugh:

[Starshine]

hello friends,
recently I bought a new computer for myself but from that day I was thinking what to do with my old PC as I not want to throw it out, so do you have any idea how can I keep using it ,
actually I want to ask whether I can make a LAN connection using my newer PC ? or is it that easy that anyone with little knowledge of networking can make that , if yes please help me out ....

old PC configuration :
P IV 1.6 GHz ,Intel 850GB MB, 20 GB HDD, 128 RDRAM, CD RW, LAN Card
new PC configuration :
core2duo 2.2 GHz, 160 GB HDD, 512 DDR2 SDRAM, E4500

cheers !

Easy? Not sure. But it is possible. I have a brand new laptop ( Vista ) and 2 older computers ( One that currently has a unix OS and the other with Windows XP ) and I plan to try and network them all together.

[oiwio]

dont you just need a router and hook up both of the computers?

[FalseHope]

Yeah, I don't think it matters how old the PC's are.. Just run the Ethernet cords through the router.

[HomerJ]

Networking is fairly easy. Just buy a cheap router and connect them. I would get a linksys WRT54G-derivative router. They are cheap and able to perform far more than most other routers. Plus they have excellent third party firmware.

If you can't get a router for some reason, set up your old computer as a router. There are plenty of linux distributions tailored specifically for this job and tons of documentation. You just need 2 NICs (or more) and a hub if you want to connect more computers. You could probably do this with Windows as well, I just have no idea how to.

A small problem: Pentium 4s are very power-hungry. You may not want to set it up as a router and leave it running all the time. Getting a cheap router will probably cost far less than the electrical cost of running a P4 all day.

[sunils]

If you have only two pc why you need to have a router.
Use a point- to - point connection with a LAN cable. thats it.
Use google services to search for a pictorial representation to do do.

[MaestroFX1]

Install *nix with high security configuration and use it as your gateway to internet, this way your new computer will not have to do tasks like scanning,etc

[sonic_8400]

Install *nix with high security configuration and use it as your gateway to internet, this way your new computer will not have to do tasks like scanning,etc

I agree with MaestroFX U can use SmoothWall Express 3.0 it build on Linux. the websit is http://www.smoothwall.org/.