Do i need a nonroutable network to sit under my internet connection?

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right, i know nothing about networks, but i'm trying to learn, because i guess it'll be pretty useful to me.

i've been reading about NetBEUI, which i understand is obsolete since Windows 98...but i'd still like to configure a nonroutable protocol under my connection to the internet - if not just for practice, then for better network transfer speeds. is it sensible to configure a nonroutable protocol? and which one would you recommend for connecting 2 windows computers with one running OSX? i'm after any current, relevant advice you can give to me (in english - i know a bit about OSI/RM and a couple of protocols, but nothing contextual, so jargon may well go over my head!)

thanks :)
 
There's nothing wrong with using TCP/IP and non-routable IPs (ie the RFC1918), the same as the majority of networks do.
 
I think if you are looking to learn useful networking skills it's better to learn the ins and outs of TCP/IP, rather than the headache that will be trying to connect osx and xp via non-routable protocols. For instance samba has no support for netbeui (which IIRC can still be found on the XP setup disk, and will work with XP for transfer between windows computers if you want to have a play).

Also with NAT on a router the local IP addresses are not routed to the big wide world, so they effectively become a non-routed protocol.

Having said that, if there is an effective protocol that works with XP and OSX it might be interesting to see how well it works, because netbeui was always a hell of a lot simpler to set up and use on a LAN with lots of different windows versions
 
to be honest, although it doesnt bother me...i'm looking for my OSX and XP computers to communicate, because they don't at the moment and it's quite frustrating (OSX can send to windows, but not vice versa). i've also found that data transmission across my network is extremely slow (a GB file can take anywhere up to a day to send across, and i'm pretty sure that's not right)

do you have a recommended source (preferably online) that will teach me about TCP/IP?
 
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