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12-04-2002, 08:33 PM
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Cable modem connections
My wife is buying me a Motorola Surfboard Cable Modem as one of my Christmas presents, so I do not have it as yet. The way I understand it is, the cable company will run the cable to the modem. Then there is a short wire from the cable modem to the ethernet card on the back of my main computer. My wife also has a computer in her craft room about 40 feet away. I guess the proper way to use two computers with one modem, is to get a router. My question is--since my wife only uses her computer about once a week, I was going to run a long cable from the ethernet card in her computer, back to the cable modem which is going to be by my computer. Then when she wanted to use her computer, I was going to just unplug my computer from the modem, and plug hers in. Will this work, or not ? Thanks, Mike
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12-04-2002, 08:53 PM
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Depends on your ISP. My ISP lets me switch between 2 NICs before it decides I need to (1) pay for more accounts, or (2) get a router. You might be able to get away with switching back and forth, but it would be smarter to get a router.
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12-04-2002, 08:53 PM
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Hi Mike,
I'll just tell you the way mine is set up but yours may differ of course: Our cable service uses the MAC(?) address of my NIC to identify me as the subscriber. They just switched to that method in the last year or so. So I had to tell my router to give that MAC address back as a signal to the provider, then the router splits the signal to all NIC's. If you don't use the router to act as the receiver, then you are limited to use by the machine that has the particular NIC MAC address that the company originally identifies as the subscriber. You'll love broadband. Good luck.
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12-05-2002, 04:13 AM
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Go ahead and give up another present and get a router. In addition to both of you being able to surf at same time, you also get a hardware firewall and ability to share files and printers.
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12-05-2002, 10:43 AM
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Mike, I never had a problem with just switching the cables (same modem) when my brother wanted to play his PS2 online upstairs. We eventually got a router because switching was a bit bothersome. I'd say, like everyone else, a router would be your best bet so you don't have to deal with the hassle of switching cables and not being able to go online because another person already is.
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12-05-2002, 09:17 PM
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Thanks everyone, it seems like a router is the way to go. Will warch for them on sale at Best Buy and Circuit City. Mike
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12-05-2002, 09:51 PM
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I'd recommend the Linksys router BEFSR41...I have that and it's a great product!
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12-06-2002, 12:07 AM
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Just another option...
Mike, you may also be able to purchase a second dynamic IP address from your broadband provider. $4.95 add per month and the legitimate way to go where I live. You can set up a simple hub for the PCs, wired or wireless. I love my Road Runner Internet Service! |
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