Re: OT Need help with Home Network

Then add a wireless network port for my laptop. I
already have a 4 channel router that connects to my BroadBand
modem
and the router has a wireless port.

All

More information that I should have thought of.

I presently have Sprint BroadBand for my internet connection. I use
AOL as my provider exclusively.

I have 2 desktops and a laptop, all on XP. The Sprint BroadBand modem
feeds a D Link Router with a connector/port that has an antenna
connected to it, in addition to the 4 conventional cable/wire
connections. I have both the desktops connected to the router and the
laptop sees the D Link router but needs the password to connect to it.
The laptop has a wireless connection built in. Or at least I am sure
it does because I am able to get online at other folks locations.

I am scheduled to lose Sprint BroadBand in a few days because Sprint
lost their FCC frequency allocation. I have already signed up for DSL
with Qwest and the new modem is still in the box waiting for the CD,
to set up things, to arrive in the mail. Perhaps I would go with a
Cable TV internet connection if I had cable but since I watch very
little TV I don't have cable.

I have a whole house DSL filter and am running a dedicated telco line
from the Telco Demarc straight to my PCs and the DSL modem and D Link
router. I will not be doing wireless other than my laptop which I use
infrequently. Maybe twice a month. I have Cat 5 and coax to my shop
from the Telco Demarc area so internet/computer in the shop is no
problem.

I have tried to setup everything on a network before but have lost
track of how I tried to set things up. This is why I need to wipe out
all the past setup that I have done and start anew.

Hope this clears things up.

Bob AZ
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