RE: Home Network

[Stuart Whyte <lists@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

I have Telewest broadband, which I guess is probably the same.  I have
a
Linksys cable modem router connected to the modem with a standard patch
cable and the LAN side connected to my switch with a crossover cable.
Windows XP sees the router as an "internet gateway".

The router just works out of the box, and is full recommended. 
Cant
remember the model number, but can let you know tonight if you need it.
(I
got it from DABS  btw.)

AIUI he would need TWO NIC's in his PC to use ICS, but as I have never
used
it this way, cant confirm this.

HTH

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 August 2002 12:37
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Home Network


A mate of mine has NTL broadband, which he loves.

This goes into a single PC (of PII spec), running Windows ME.

He also has a couple of laptops (his and hers from work) and an iPaq.

The question is "how does he share that internet connection?"

As I see it, there are two parts to the problem:

1: Turning on some "connection sharing" software.
2: Installing some network components

The connection sharing would be easy, if this were a modem. However, I
don't
know what the NTL Broadband thingy looks like to windows. As far as my
mate's concerned, it's just a bit of install software that he ran. (He's
too
far away for me to pop over and look.)

I guess the options are:

1a: Run ICS (if it works with NTL Broadband - does anyone know?)
1b: Run some other gateway sofrware

The "installing some network components" gives two options:

2a: A PCI 802.11b connection for the PC, three 802.11b PCMCIA cards for
the
lappies and the iPaq (and a jacket for the iPaq)
2b: A wired ethernet card for the PC, a cross-over cable, and a
WAP11...
then the mobile things...

Comments? Suggestions?

Regards,

Mark