Re: [OT] network help

Adrian A wrote:
sam wrote:
Yowie wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I'm posting from Google groups because we finaly decided to hook up
the bigger better newer computer ot the internet, and thought it
wouldbe a great idea to network them and share the internet (ADSL)
conenction.

The good news is that they are finally networked (through a crossover
Ethernet cable).

The bad news is that now only the bigger better newer computer can
access the internet - the old one with my *years* of messages,
e-mails etc etc, can't.

I've gone through the various 'Wizards' in XP and set this one as the
host and the old one as the client, but the old one just doens't pick
up the internet connection.

Any help, hints, or URLs that will put as right would be very
appreciated.

Yowie

If you ADSL router has multiple ports, connect both computers to the
LAN side of it with a "straight" (non-crossover) cable. If it
doesn't, hie thee to a computer store and get a 4- or 5-port Ethernet
switch. Connect the Ethernet switch to the ADSL router, then connect
both computers to the switch.

Not sure about Australia, but in the US, the ADSL routers the telco
supplies have a built-in DHCP server that will give out unique IP
addresses to the machines it sees. The switch will let both computers
see the ADSL router (and vice versa). As each machine is turned on,
it will ask for an IP address. The DHCP server will see that request
and supply one that nobody else is using from its address pool. It
will also do some magic so that everybody can use the Internet at once
without interfering with the other.

Hope this helps.
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

I suspect Yowie has a USB ADSL modem, a combined modem/router would be much
easier to use once all the log-on details are stored in the router.
In the US, all the DSL modems I've seen have at least a single Ethernet built in (some have a 4-port 10/100 switch) in addition to the USB.

If she'll send me the modem brand/model number, I'll look up the documentation on the web and can tell her exactly what she needs.

Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe
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