Home Net, 2 computers, how to???

I have discovered that I can get rid of my ISP($18.95) and my second telephone number($17.00) and sign up for DSL ($50.00). They said that it will cost me about $200.00 to do this. So for about $15.00 more a month I don't have to put up with slowness and ISP's that grind to a halt requiring a reboot 4 times a day. (OK, I'll calm down before I continue)

My question is: Is there a place I can go on the Net that will give me a how to with cabling to connect my machine to my wife's machine and we both will use the DSL and one printer and one scanner? I need to know what to buy and how to hook it up. I have been to some addresses and about one sentence in it's going over my head.

My machine is AMD Duron/Windows 98se. Her's is a pentII 450/Win98se. The comp's are located about 90 feet apart.

Thanks

 

Have you tried this website?

http://www.directron.com/pariin.html#top

 

try here

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

 

Bingo!!..Thanks guys. I'm on my way now..

 

A further suggestion I'd make if you want to maintain a home network with the lowest hassle factor possible is to avoid ICS or similar to connect to the internet.

I have a LinkSys 4 port router/switch that I have 2 PCs and a printer plugged into. It shows my ISP one device and uses built-in programs to 1) send internet traffic to the proper PC (NAT) 2) keep my 2 PCs talking at a nice speed 3) provide the PCs with all the settings they need at boot-up (DHCP) 4) handle printer traffic and some other goodies.

I do networking for a living so I could certainly deal with manual setup/controls on all these things but for less than $100, I consider this one of the best investments I've made recently.

NetGear makes a similar device I've seen well recommended and probably other companies but the only one I've used has been the LinkSys and it has been great.

 

Ditto on Newt's advice....

I have the same router/switch with 4 PCs networked. All share the same DSL connection and the setup has worked flawlessly for the past 1 1/2 years.

It was essentially a case of plugging everything in and powering it up. Haven't had to fuss with any of the router/switch settings (except to shut off my sis-in-laws rampant internet abuse!!).

It's a great little setup. I get 100 Mbps between machines for file and printer sharing and no hassle DHCP for the internet IP addresses.

Hardest part for me was running the cable throught the joists.

Cheers,

Gary