Well, after having to install a new hard drive to my laptop since the previous one died, it was time to format for the Windows XP installation. With that, I figured since I missed spring cleaning by a long-shot, it was time to give the other 2 computers their much needed attention .

Another format & Windows XP installation later, it's time to network all 3 of them and bring the Verizon WI-FI connection to life by spreading it across 3 computers so they would all have internet access. In addition, it was time to network them all together so file sharing among the 3 could be used.

Now, we've got a bit of a network together and development time on my end should be cut quite a bit shorter .


The Configuration:

- Laptop
- - AMD Athlon XP M 2 (1.86GHz)
- - 80GB Hard Drive (WD)
- - ~1GB RAM

- Desktop 01
- - AMD Athlon 64 (1.80GHz)
- - 200GB SATA Hard Drive (WD)
- - 2GB RAM

- Desktop 02
- - Used for Backups & Storage
- - AMD Athlon XP 1.73GHz
- - 80GB Hard Drive (WD)
- - 120GB Hard Drive (WD)


Thankfully, they are all sitting well right now, although getting ICS on Windows to function correctly with the DNS settings and custom modifications was a complete PITA .

And to think, this entire setup was brought on by web design, web hosting and other development I simply couldn't do on my laptop (mainly due to my hands aching after a few hours).

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cool!

what OS's are you using? (setting up one server I hope)

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All computers are networked through a combination of Windows XP and Windows XP Media Center. I require too many varied applications to be using *Nix as a desktop platform.

I'm spoiled with some programs and the occasional game .

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