Networking three PC's to one cable connection + 802.11G

[traderpatmi]

I have had a cable modem for over a year with the
Linksys 4 port network hooked up two thress computers
that are all operating windows XP....it was a breze to
hook up. Cable company will never no.

Neighbor also has network on his 4 computers also using
Linksys system.


Good luck,

Pat

 

[canyonman00]

Quote from richtrader:

I think you can save money by using Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP Pro. No router required.

Save some small amount of money and give up some security? Not a good trade here. Get that router in there please!

 

[nitro]

Quote from canyonman00:



Save some small amount of money and give up some security? Not a good trade here. Get that router in there please!

You don't need a router, just a firewall.

In the windows sharing case mentioned above, the computer _is_ acting as a router (and can probably do NAT as well.)

nitro

 

[richtrader]

Quote from nitro:


You don't need a router, just a firewall.

In the windows sharing case mentioned above, the computer _is_ acting as a router (and can probably do NAT as well.)

nitro

nitro,

Thank you.

 

[hmap1]

The SMC Barricade is like 45 bucks and only shows one IP to the cable company. Works well. Plus, I have never seen any issues with hackers using this.

 

[momoNY]

Quote from MrDinky:

I'm finally done wasting my money on three separate cable modem connections for three PC's. I know I'm throwing $100+ extra out the door every month that I could be saving if I network and now that they're capping speeds and setting data transfer limits, I figure the greedy bastards don't need any extra money.

The cable company charges an extra $5 per networked PC on one connection. My question is, how would they know the difference? I'm no expert on networking, but it seems like they wouldn't be able to tell if you had 1 or 100 computers connected as it's only the router that's connected to them. Will they be able to tell I have three PC's connected?

Also, I know this 802.11G, 54G or whatever it's called is overkill right now, plus initial reviews seem to say the technology is still buggy and even worse than the commonly used 802.11b standard. Has anyone taken the plunge with this new wi-fi standard that can give their opinion?

MeDinky,

It depends on the configuration of your network and its capacity to hiding the MAC addresses of your PCs; that's called "MAC spoof'; look wether your router supports that or not.
Here is an excellent refrence(book) on Home Networking that you can get for less than 25$ and will save your life:

Home networking: survival guide by David Strom, Osborn/McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-219311-5, actually I use this book for my home networking course.

Good luck.

 

[momoNY]

Quote from momoNY:


Oooops,

Please read: It depends on the configuration of your ROUTER (that is in fact a firewall at the same time) and its capacity to hiding the MAC addresses of your PCs; that's called "MAC spoof'; look wether your router supports that or not.
Here is an excellent refrence(book) on Home Networking that you can get for less than 25$ and will save your life:

Home networking: survival guide by David Strom, Osborn/McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-219311-5, actually I use this book for my home networking course.

Good luck. [/B]

 

[canyonman00]

Quote from nitro:


You don't need a router, just a firewall.

In the windows sharing case mentioned above, the computer _is_ acting as a router (and can probably do NAT as well.)

nitro

While that is inherently true, it also requires some configuration knowledge. I can't tell you how many times I have gone to users setups and shown them the holes that are left open because they didn't understand the proper way to set it up. A firewall is only as good as the person who sets it up understands.

 

[CalTrader]

Quote from MrDinky:



The cable company charges an extra $5 per networked PC on one connection. My question is, how would they know the difference? I'm no expert on networking, but it seems like they wouldn't be able to tell if you had 1 or 100 computers connected as it's only the router that's connected to them. Will they be able to tell I have three PC's connected?

Also, I know this 802.11G, 54G or whatever it's called is overkill right now, plus initial reviews seem to say the technology is still buggy and even worse than the commonly used 802.11b standard. Has anyone taken the plunge with this new wi-fi standard that can give their opinion?

802.11b is fine for almost all uses: Also, it has advantages with respect to range. 11G is still not standardized.

Use a router: one the cable side it just connects to the providers network. On your side (the office) it provides DHCP and DNS which it passes through to the provider side. They wont know unless they did a detailed traffic analysis of your connection and it would be cost prohibitive (for now and the near future) for the provider to attempt this .....

 

[rs7]

It's almost embarrassing how uninformed I am about all this stuff. So I feel awkward even asking questions, but since I am confused, where better to ask?

I just recently bought a laptop computer (Toshiba). I have a cable modem hooked up to my son's desktop, and a Linksys wireless router and a wireless linksys card plugged into my laptop. When it works, it seems to work quite well (for some reason, the speed test at http://www.bandwidthplace.com seems to show I am actually connecting faster with the laptop than my son is while he is directly connected to the router. So I guess that is my first question...how can this be?

Next question...my internet connection has been going down very frequently the past few days. This is corrected (temporarily) by unplugging the cable modem and letting it re-set. But then after a short time, it happens again. I have a service call scheduled today from the cable company. But my son, who is 17 and while not an expert, is telling me that his friends who ARE self proclaimed experts are telling him the problem is most likely a "router port triggering" issue....whatever that means

Third question....now that I have owned my laptop and the linksys stuff for a month, Intel has come out with their "Centrino" technology. What is it? Was my timing bad? Is this technology really different than what I have? Or is it just a proprietary Intel version of what I am using? I have gone to the Intel website, and learned nothing...Anyone care to explain if I missed the boat? Or if this is just another name for what I already have?

Last question. What is the difference (or meaning of) Bluetooth technology compared to the technology I am presently using.

Any clarification is greatly appreciated.

Thanks, and Peace,
Rs7