Re: [PLUG] Networking question

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

If you don't have a gateway, then you don't enter anything for the 
gateway.  Directly connecting two computers that use the same range of 
IP addresses is sufficient.


Beldon Dominello wrote:

> I am building a small network for the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum 
> of Connecticut (http://www.nationalcommunicationsmuseum.org) and I have a 
> fairly basic question that I haven't come across before.
>
> Normally, when you set up a network, you give the default gateway as your 
> router or firewall.  what if there's no gateway to the outside world?  We 
> have no interhnet conenctivity yet (not even a phone line), so how does the 
> traffic get from, say, workstation to server?  Is hooking up two machines 
> with either a hub or crossover cable sufficient?  what do I put in to the 
> "default gateway" configuration?
>
> Thanx!
>
> 	-Beldon




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