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how to set up home network w/dialup connection

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gooblegook

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can this be done(share internet connection(dail-up) between two computers) in a household network, what is the cheapest way to do it?
 
98SE and later OS's have built in connection sharing. You'll need a network card in each computer and then either a hub or crossover cable to connect them.
 
thanks for the help. i noticed in the links that the subject was DSL/cable connections. im wondering about a dial up connection, would the same apply and would it be worth it?
 
The general principles are the same, for the Network part, and the sharing.

As indicates in the above link, you can get a Router (like SMC Barricade) that supports External DialUp Modem, and will allow sharing the Internet.

Whether it worth while? Depends on what you need to do. The max bandwidth available through good Dialup connection is 53Kb/sec. few people sharing such a connection will be slow for regular surfing and very slowww for anything else.
 
I am currently running a dialup sharing system....
We have three computers on it..each have their own network card. We have a 5 port hub. Basicly, one computer(my brothers) connects to the internet with his modem, then runs a proxy server program....my mother and I point our internet at his IP, and it works for AIM, and web browsing and such. For normal browsing, the lag is not bad at all, though when he plays a game i can't go on cause i'd lag him. some programs don't work over this proxy that we are running. If you're interested, download AnalogX proxy. PM me if you have any questions, i'd be glad to help.
 
Another option...(this is what I do)

4 computers networked together (1 server, 2 clients, 1 gateway).

All have TCP/IP configured, w/ a default gateway set to the "1 gateway".
"1 Gateway" is a 486, running OS/2, and a Dial-On-Demand client.

If any machine trys to access the internet (ping, AIM, IE, etc..) then the "gateway" dials up my ISP, and connects the network. The dial-up client also provides a Network Address Translation-style firewall, for all outbound connections.

Works for me, and I'm sharing a 28.8 dial!! (Two people browsing at the same time is ugly!) but it means that two people can retrieve email at the same time, and I don't have to configure any dial-up adapters or accounts or passwords, except for on the gateway.
 
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