Just got our spiffy new cable internet connection installed in the house I'm sharing with 3 other people for the rest of college, but now there's a problem. I can't figure out how to share the connection effectivly. I had a friend on the same cable modem service, with the same cable modem, and he had the line out going from the modem to a hub, then going to each of the computers attached to it. However, this may have been before the cable company started charging on a "per computer" connection (now they charge to share it among pc's in the house, and it's like $11/ea, which my roomates will most likely not like. I just talked to the cable guy (trying to get something out of him about how to setup the other pcs in the house), and he said that every four hours, the mac address that can access the modem changes, so I can either A)call them every time a different pc wants to connect to the internet (not an option) or B)Wait four hours.
Will buying a router solve all my woes? Is that the easiest way to share the internet connection without doing ICS (it's too much trouble to make sure one pc is always on)? Never had cable internet service before, so I'm kind of new to it. If that's the case, do I just forget the cable modem and run the coax right into the router, or can I run the feed from the cable modem to the router, then to all the pcs?
Help would be much appreciated, my roomates are getting anxious to get online
Will buying a router solve all my woes? Is that the easiest way to share the internet connection without doing ICS (it's too much trouble to make sure one pc is always on)? Never had cable internet service before, so I'm kind of new to it. If that's the case, do I just forget the cable modem and run the coax right into the router, or can I run the feed from the cable modem to the router, then to all the pcs?
Help would be much appreciated, my roomates are getting anxious to get online