LAN Issue

Hello All.

Here's the scenario. I set up a LAN in my home as part of a college project
& because I wanted to. The network consists of two desktops, one server,
and two laptops. The cable modem is going through a wireless router
(Linksys) with 4 ethernet ports on the back. My Mom's computer and my
server are connected to the router via cat5 ethernet cable. My desktop and
the two laptops are connected via wireless NIC's. The server is running
Linux and XP Pro, a dual boot system. I'm still learning Red Hat Linux so
want to use XP Pro for the server software. Is it possible to create a
peer-to-peer network as a "Workgroup" network instead of a domain network
using XP Pro? And should the server computer be directly connected to the
modem and/or router? Right now, the server is connected to the router as
well as my Mom's desktop (hard wired) but my Mom's computer is the one
connected to the cable service via the router. Shouldn't the server be
connected to the main port on the router instead of Mom's computer, not the
other way around? Also, using XP Pro as the server software, I'm assuming
that I'm limited to creating only a workgroup LAN, not a DNS LAN.

Any help and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated 'cause I'm almost
there but am missing something crucial and it's driving me bananas.

Thanks,

ricseb


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Relevant Pages

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