wireless/hardwired lan question

Hi All, i hope i post this correctly. here is my situation. I have 2 pc's, one internet dedicated and the other pc gaming. I also have a wired only hub which i use to transfer files between the 2 pc's. is it possible to connect to the internet on my gaming pc through my internet machine through the hardwired lan connection?

 

You would have to run Internet Connection Wizard on your Internet machine. Login as Administrator, double click 'Network Neighbourhood'->'Setup a Small Business or Home Network'. Choose 'This machine connects to Internet & other machines should go through this' (approximation - I do not remember the correct wordings). It would ask you to select the internet interface & the LAN interface. It would do something and ask you to 'Prepare a setup disk'. Don't do anything, juct click 'no' and you are done.

On the other machine, again goto 'Setup a small business...' and select 'Connect through LAN', complete the wizard & reboot both the computers (Internet computer should be up & running before this computer boots).

You should now be able to use LAN & net on both.

 

I would suggest that you replace that Hub with a Router. Then each machine can be set up so that it depends on the other for NOTHING.

I know that the sharing does work BUT !!!, if the main machine takes a trip South the other will not be able to get to the Internet.

I myself have three machines hooked to a Router and no one depends on the other for anything.

BillyBob

 

I forgot to mention that my Printer is also plugged into the Router.

YEs, you do have to installed the drivers for it on each machine but in the long run it pays off. Such as when the Kids next door want to be on the Internet for school work they can print stuff even when the other two machines are off.

But of course the printer does need to be powered separately so that it is always on.

BillyBob

 

i misworded it, its not a hub i have, it is a router.

 

Wait for more comments from other but I firmly belive that if you do in fact have a router you should not need to go through the 1st machine at all to get to the Internet. And if all goes well you can have them both on the Internet at the same time.

Are both machines hooked directly to the Router ? Then the Router to the Modem ?

As I mentioned before all three of my machines are set up as stand-alone machines. I have nothing shared. I can still share if I want to. But I have no need to.

BillyBob

 

My Setup

Machines
Bob |
Nan | Are all cabled to 4 port Switch.
Rip |
Pnt |

Output of the switch goes to the Router.

Output of the Router goes to the Modem.

My Wife and I play a lot of games between between Bob & Nan. One thing that may be required is the fact that the game may need to have a CD in order to play. So therefore we do need to have two CDs. But overall it is well worth it to have no one machine depend on the other for anything.

BillyBob

 

Also another thought just popped into my mind, And something that I learned the hard time consumming, bad language making way.

Machine to machine and machine to Router use differeent cables.

Machine to machine uses ( I beleive ) what is called a Crossover cable.

Machine to Router uses ( I believe ) a Straight Thru cable. But I do know for sure they are different cables.

BillyBob

 

Router would work, but its an additional purchase. If you want to use what you have, ICS is the only option available. If you have a spare PC (P1,128 MB,4 GB HDD) then you can convert that into a dedicated firewall/gateway/router by installing Smoothwall or IPCop.

 

As usual this is a subject with more than one view. And more than one way of doing things.

Yes to an additional purchase. Cost wise it may be more. But I believe the party involved here says he already has a Router.

But having the Router and MUCH MORE dependability And maybe even more flexability it is well worth it. And it does not stop sharing things between machines if the party wishes too.

Also it is well worth it by having the capacity to keep each machine as a separate unit and not depending on another for anything. Especially the Internet.

Yes, ICS works but I have another name for it.

If machine 1 is the main machine being SHARED by two others and it goes down everyone else is out of luck.

I tried ICS a long time ago. Yes it did work (sometimes). But when others wanted to get to the Internet and couldn't because I was working on this machine and it created a bit of anger, going to the Router has been well worth it. And has proven to be VERY MUCH more reliable.

Also my Switch, Router, Modem and Printer are on a separate 100 volt power supply which does not get shut down other than when we are going to be away for an extended period of time.

My next project in mind is to see if I can find a Networkable Scanner. The cost may keep me away from that though. And it is not something that is realy needed.

BillyBob

 

This may well be related as it seems to deal with the same problem.

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=51887