Proof once again that no good deed goes un-punished...(AKA Brutuskend needs some HELP here!)

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Just a hub. The Cable modem plugs into the WAN on the hub and then both computers are plugged into it

Same set-up I'm using at MY house with 4 computers and no problems here.

Weird thing is it worked FINE at my house....

Uhh....you mean router right? You can't share an internet connection on a hub by plugging the cable modem into it.....or at least I haven't ever seen any.

He and I were roommates for awhile some time back, and we were shareing Internet access (DSL) using this same HUB set-up pretty much the same way. The HUB he was using is a NetSurf 5 port mini hub, the one that's hooked up now is a Linksys four port.

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Just a hub. The Cable modem plugs into the WAN on the hub and then both computers are plugged into it

Same set-up I'm using at MY house with 4 computers and no problems here.

Weird thing is it worked FINE at my house....

Uhh....you mean router right? You can't share an internet connection on a hub by plugging the cable modem into it.....or at least I haven't ever seen any.

He and I were roommates for awhile some time back, and we were shareing Internet access (DSL) using this same HUB set-up pretty much the same way. The HUB he was using is a NetSurf 5 port mini hub, the one that's hooked up now is a Linksys four port.

Ive got a four port Linksys Hub myself and the Comcast connection wouldn't allow two IP address grabs at a time. So I did what I mentioned in the previous post and used the USB connection on the Cable Modem and just shared using Windows' Internet Connection Sharing to my other computer using the HUB as a connection just between the two computers.

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
One thing you could do is use the Cable Modem's USB connection (if it has one like MOST do) and hook it up to one of the computers and share that internet connection through that one computer to the other using the HUB to link both computers up. 🙂

I had considered trying that, and very well may.

Thanks

And thanks to everyone else who had made suggestions!

Just scanned through some of it, but try installing the NIC in device manager. Turn off computer, pull card, reboot, do the IP renew stuff, turn off, plug card back in and reinstall.

I did try un-installing it several times and then letting the drivers reinstall. However I didn't do all you suggest.

Maybe I'll give that a try next time I go over there.

 

[Evadman]

You can share a internet connection with a HUB. your ISP must give you a second IP address however. This is the way that they were shared BEFORE these newfangled routers existed.

Or, you used Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing. You ran a line from the cable modem to one computer. Then, ran another line from that same computer (from a different NIC card) to a hub or switch, then you could hook all the computers up to that switch you wanted. The first computer acts as a router (gateway actually), and you only need one IP.

The downside is that it requires an extra NIC (2 in the HOST machine that is connected to the cable modem.). But last I checked a NIC card was still 1/5th the cost of a hardware router. Hell, in 2000 & XP you don't even need the wizard. Just check the box on the internet connection in start-->settings-->network connections that says "share this network connection". That will automaticly set up the host computer to be the gateway, and DHCP server. It takes about 1/2 a second. You do not even need the HUB. just use a crossover cable between the Host computer and the Client. My house is set up this way. (not with the crossover though. I use a 24 port switch.)

 

[Joker81]

You should see try and release the ip of the working computer and do a renew on the new computer. if that works then you will need to get a router.