Linking Computers

[BoyBetterKnow]

Right, I'm a bit of a computer noob when it comes to the hardware.

Basically, I have a piece of rubbish Dell PC which is on like 512MB of ram and worst processor than my current PC.

It's sitting next to my main PC and I wondered if there would be any way to connect my current PC to my Dell PC and use the Dell PC as storage.

Can this be achieved with ethernet?

+Rep to anything that helps me

[Rapidshare]

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I would also like to know how can this work please .




Edit: i been researching, it seems you can do it and it's called 'cluster' two computers together..

no idea tho lol

[BoyBetterKnow]

x2

I would also like to know how can this work please .




Edit: i been researching, it seems you can do it and it's called 'cluster' two computers together..

no idea tho lol

I kinda hope I can plug in an ethernet and run some sort of network software.

[Rapidshare]

Hopefully aha, It seems like you can connect many PC's together...

Hopefully someone will come along

[StefanWolves]

I would like to see if this would work to...

You're talking of like a basic home file server, yes?

[Rapidshare]

Can i also ask you all if what OS you all got on your current and wanna use pcs?

[StefanWolves]

I'm running WinXP and will be running Win7 soon, If I were to make a file server I'd run Ubuntu on it probably, or some sort of LinuxOS.

[Rapidshare]

Ye, the current PC needs to be a srever or some kind, I actully cba trying it out, i gotta go out now, and i see if i can be bothered to do it when i come back in lols.

Seems tricky seeing you need to be on a domain system for claster to work.. :/

[Pyroka]

Wouldnt it be good just getting DC++ (its a program) and connect them both up to one router? That might work, speeds wont be blistering but I'm sure it'd work? Try it out, me and my mates connect like 8 computers to one hub and use that to download eachothers movies and music.

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http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/

[BoyBetterKnow]

Wouldnt it be good just getting DC++ (its a program) and connect them both up to one router? That might work, speeds wont be blistering but I'm sure it'd work? Try it out, me and my mates connect like 8 computers to one hub and use that to download eachothers movies and music.

(Y)

http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/

Well I do have a cable that was used for my xbox coming from the router which I could use.

But I want it to be like a external hd, is that possible?

both on xp btw