ethernet card help involving 2 cpu's/1 hub/1 router

[druxboyzz]

i know this may sound dumb to some of you, but i'm new to this networking stuff.. i mainly got my senior status through the overclocking forums and such.

anyway.

i have 2 computers, both netowrked with a linksys network hub.
i am getting dsl and i am going to router it to the two computers.

how do i go about getting this set up?

each computer already has its own ethernet card.

any response would be appreciated.

 

[Vrangel]

Buy 4 port router and sell the hub.
Thats all.

 

[bex0rs]

Or, if you are feeling lazy, get two IP's from your ISP in which case you plug in both computers and the modem to the hub.

~bex0rs

 

[ucdnam]

You can buy one of those DSL/cable modem routers for like ~100-120 bucks and they'll take care of it. Even for the newbie, setting one of these up should take no longer than 30 minutes (reading the manual).

If you don't want to purchase something like that, windows 98 and 2000 comes with ICS (internet connection sharing). It's tricky to get it to work on windows 98, but it does work. The one with windows 2000 is simple to enable. Just a check of a button.

There is also software out there to share your connection such as NAT and so forth.

 

[twren]

Well the three ways of going about this has already been discussed but I just want to elaborate on these.
1. Buy the additional ip's. I personally did this one with my cable modem. For five dollars a month there is virtually no headaches. Just through blackice on both, connect dsl and two computers to hub, add ipx protocol, add file and printer sharing, unbind file and printer sharing from tcp/ip (very important), and presto instant network.

2. Software. Most economical, but there will be a bit of a burden on one of the computers and you need another nic. Configuration is not too bad, I have heard that if you have an old P1 through linux on it and use that as the firewall/proxy.

3. Hardware. Best performing option, unfortunately highest startup cost. I figure a router cost about 150 that is 30 months of a second IP and I bet in 24 months that router will be out of style.

 

[chemwiz]

Search on the Hot Deals forum, there's 4 port router's for $80-$100, depending on brand. The only thing I liked better about having 2 IP's is there's less headaches with IRC, FTP sites, and gaming. That can take a bit of learning to get configured properly.

 

[druxboyzz]

with those 4 port routers, they enable me to share the internet...

but will it also let me share files too?

 

[chemwiz]

Yes, you'll have a local network (your computers) which is connected to the internet.