Well, here was my thought...
I guess I need to go to some website and d/l a client...I'll do that, install it on the first box, and let it run. Yank the monitor and kb, and repeat the process on the others. From what I read here, I don't think I'll need to "see" the machines, just monitor that they are working and on line, I can do that without a monitor or keyboard.
The machines are...win2k and one win98.
I'm sure the hub will work, just didn't know if that would support your bandwidth needs. I have cable @ 3/256
Nothing else will be running on these machines and they'll be in a seperate workgroup from my other machines.
I just need instructions...
Where do I sign up and d/l the client?
Is the client self configuring or do I need some info to set them up?
Anything else, like name of group, etc. Post back and I'll set it up in the am.
Thanks,
Papasmurf
Download link is in post #10. The XP/2000 graphical client is only 361kb, so you can download both the XP/2000 and the 98 client to a single floppy, for installation.
The hub will be sufficient to connect your boxes to the router. As long as you don't start all the clients at once, you connection is plenty good enough. Most of the time, the network is idle, and only comes into play, when starting a new run, and then you might have 5-10mb worth of stuff to download/upload per machine... 99% of the time, they're not consuming any bandwidth at all, just periodic uploads and downloads, and those are only like 500kb max, or about 1 high quality jpeg's worth, every 45 minutes or so.
No special setup instructions. I'd try a single graphical client on each machine, until you get used to how it runs. The only thing you have to do, is ensure that you use the same username for each installation.. .ie... "papasmurf", and then once you launch the client the first time, make sure that you put in team 36120 ... to credit you to the FReeper folders.
There are various links for checking stats, and all of them are linked in this thread. It'll probably take a good 12-18 hours for your first contribution to show up, and maybe longer, depending on what sort of project you get downloaded to you.