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airis2001

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We just got dsl service that is about to be tunred on this week. We have to shate the connection over 5 to 8 computers, both pc's and macs. I have a linksys befsr41 router/switch and a linksys 10/100 switch z55sw or something like that. We are on one dynamic ID. HOw do we share the conncetion so that each computer gets its own address? I am not sure how to set this all up. We have 3 Xp pro computers, 3 macs, not sure which OS, and a win 98 (i think, might be 95)) laptop. I have no idea how to set this all up. I know i have to set it to use a dchp server and i think i have to set up a sub net
any help yould be great.
 
Set the router up to use DHCP. The linksys routers are mind-numbingly easy to setup so this should cause no problems for you as long as you can read directions😉. Connect the switch to the routers UPLINK port then connect the computers to the switch. Set all your computers up for DHCP and everything should be fine and dandy. As for sharing between Macs and Windows machines, thats a whole nother topic, lets get the DSL sharing out of the way first🙂.
 
What i am trying to understand is how to set this up so that, since we only have one ip address, how do we insure that incoming infomation is sent to the right computer and not to all computers on teh network? wil teh router just add another set of numbes to the ip adress? so if the DSL ip address is 100.100.100 the router wil manke it 100.100.100.1 for teh first pc, 100.100.100.2 and so in?
file and printersharing is not that big of a concern.
 
Thats what a ROUTEr does, it routes the traffic to and from the correct computer. If the IP address your ISP gives you is 100.100.100.100 then that will be your routers WAN IP. I can tell you that your router will start assigning IP's starting with 192.168.1.2 then 192.168.1.3 and so on. 192.168.1.1 is the routers IP.

All you have to do for the most part is plug the router in, plug the switch into the router, then plug all the computers into the switch. You may need to configure the router a bit but you dont need to do anything to get it to route the traffic. Its a lot easier than people think it is to set this up and people usually read to much into it. Trust me, its easy...
 
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