On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:53:44 -0800, Mark Henigan wrote:
>Since I first attempted to build small home
>networks and later to connect to a DSL "modem"
>I have been frustrated by an inability to
>fully grasp the essentials of networking,
>especially how to set up connections based on
>the most important standard, TCP/IP. I'm
>fairly good at math and think I understand
>how TCP/IP is intended to map signal paths
>using IP addresses but find myself unable to
>turn this into a practical ability to connect
>my various PCs and notebooks to the Internet
>as well as through a wireless router I
>purchased a couple of years ago and have
>never gotten to work.
There are only two things that you really really need to 'know' and that is:
1. How does network addressing affect my finding another computer on the net? And what
effect does masks have on it.
2. How do I turn on DHCP Server and Client on my router/server and clients?
3. How do I share files between computers on the same or different network?
If these ARE what you are really asking, then we can all point you in the right direction.
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