dhcp servers

You don't need a DHCP server at all. The alternative is to assign IP addresses to each computer manually. And they only need IP addresses if these computers are accessing the internet.

Are they going to be used for the internet?

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I agree with Techkid. Planning what your going to be doing with those computers is the first step in setting up any network. As far as a server and a DHCP server and free software, don't know of free server software. Low cost maybe. Try Linux or Microsoft has trial versions (good for 120 days) of their servers. As far as needing a DHCP server, Techkid is right, you really don't. All a DHCP server does is automatically assign IP addresses to clients so you don't have to manually assign IP address. Good for LOTS of client computers.

Hi

I agree that you don't need the DHCP Server nor a server software. You can assign an IP address to each machine.

Also, in order to make everyone see each other on the network, you need to asign the same workgroup to them if you want to seethe others directly. You can also group them in several workgroups.

Regards

Alvaro

Assuming you are not connecting to the internet consider using the NETBEUI protocol for simplicity. This should work fine for a small network.

If you need to connect to the internet use Internet Connection Sharing on the connection host to provide IP addresses to the clients.

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