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    Wireless Networking or Hardwired???

    I have a LAN setup here at home used for multiple computers on the internet.

    It's a Linksys router box that my computer is plugged directly into. The other system upstairs is wirelessly connected just for internet.

    Can this same set-up be used to network a second FS computer to for use in my sim?

    There are additional Cat V ports on the router box to directly hard wire another computer. This is a little beyond me. Any help would be appreciated.

    Would a third hard wired computer to the router box work for FS, or do I only have an internet LAN?
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    Hey BSW! I have never had good luck with wireless for my cockpit. Just seems like there is a little too much network traffic for it to be stable... Maybe someone else has made it work but I gave up on it a long time ago.
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    Whereever possible, use hard wired networks.

    i have 7 pcs running Pm and WideView using an Ethernet, and in all of the forums (Pete Dowson etc), it is recommended to avoid wireless, as it just adds work.

    I would suggest hard wiring al networked pcs on the sim, with one acting as a gateway for a WiFi connection to the Internet.
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    The problem with wireless is that it takes up so much CPU time. In order to be active on the connection, the CPU if forced to scan the wireless device every other mili-second and this eats up processing power in a huge way.

    Use a switch to connect all your PCs together and make one of them the wireless connection. That will take care of it.
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    OK, thanks for the answers, but the question remains, can I still use this router with the additional unused Cat V jacks to hardwire another computer to the network, or is what I described in my first post only an internet LAN?

    Do I need a separate ethernet card and separate router for an FS network?
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    The answer is no. If you have a working network and room for more computers in the switch , you are good to go.. My Sim is hooked up to the house network so the weather server can get out and get live weather.
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    That's good news. All I need then is another computer!

    Thanks!
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    I have a Linksys wireless router, and a 8pos D-link switch attached to it.

    All 6 networked computers attached to the switch, and with specified IP-adress for each one of them. And all of them have VNC-server installed.

    And a laptop wireless with VNC-wiewer. Use this computer to maintain all the others.

    Only the FS-computer have keyboard and mouse.

    Working great

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    Should I use a separate IP address for the two FS computers to keep the third wireless computer off of my FS net and the FS computers off of the internet?

    I was doing some reading about this and it's recommended to isolate desired computers from the rest of network and/or the internet.

    In order to do this and still have access to the internet on the main computer (or server), I'll need two network cards, is that right?
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    All my computers have access to the internet. To give each one of the computers a specific IP-adress is to ensure that two computers wont automatically get the same IP-adress. Then they cant talk to each other

    On most computers IP-adress is given automatically from the router. The same for my laptop which always get 192.168.1.100

    I then set the others up like this: FS-computer 192.168.1.111
    CDU 192.168.1.110
    Captains side 192.168.1.112
    Upper eicas 192.168.1.117
    Lower eicas 192.168.1.115
    PM-systems 192.168.1.118

    All this computers are in a workgrup I call "boeing".

    On each one of the computers i also have a folder where I install all the sim programs.

    C: Folder-name/ programs

    I made this folder "shared" so the other computers can read and write as necessary.

    And yes, you need a network card for every computer that you want to connect to another computer via a switch
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