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HELP HELP HELP, I NEED HELP WITH MY CABLE MODEM!!!

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tytan0

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Ok, i have two other roomates, and we just purchased AT&T @Home Cable internet service. Now the installation guy gave me a tiny usb plug that was connected to the cable that went in to the cable modem. That usb is currently in my computer. I just bought cat5 cables, a router, and ethernet cards. the cards are in the computers, and their drivers are installed. Now if someone could tell me exactly how to finish the job, so that all three computers can use the cable internet at the same time, i would greatly appreciate it. I am completely new at this networking stuff, so a very detailed explanation would help a lot. Oh yeah, and also i don't really know the lingo and how to change ips or anything. so if anyone can help me out of this frustration, it would really be prime. Thank you very much.
 
You don't need a hub, especially is the LAN s small, hub is only use when you need to expand your LAN. If you already have your network running, then you are set.

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Eltano
 
You mention something about a USB modem. You have to have the modem plugged into the router in order to share your cable access. Make sure you have run a cat5 cable from the modem to the router (there should be a specific port on the router for the cable modem). Then, access the router through your web browser. The IP is usually something along the lines of 192.168.1.1. From there you can setup DHCP. If you're looking for a detailed explanation you might want to visit a few sites such as www.tweak3d.net and get some info on networking. Good luck.
 
If you have a USB modem then the router isn't going to do you any good. Unless there is an ethernet port on your cable modem as well you are out of luck.

If the cards are in the machines you should be able to use the router as a switch. You can connect all the CAT5 cable from each machine to the swithed ports on the router. Then, you are going to have enable ICS or some other connection sharing software in the computer that has the modem attached. I have heard that the performance with this setup can be really bad. I personally have never tried it.

ttn1
 
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