CorsaLad
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i am moving out of university halls and into a house next year. It has five bedrooms and one broadband connection. We want to split the connection to the five bedrooms, how would we do this?
I have some understanding of computers.
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James 
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Adam-D
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get a wirless bb router bout £80 for 5 computers
piss easy to set up
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M2RTY
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a network car per PC, cable from each PC to a central broadband hub
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wireless
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CorsaLad
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what would be the price difference betwen wireless and cable?
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Dan B
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Wireless, with encryption (to prevent someone sat outside your house using your connection for free).
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Siberia
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router->switch->network cards. connect all together. do a bit of tweeking to the aul software and yer laughin. 
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CorsaLad
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thanks guys you've been really helpful. What would tweaking the aul software do?
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Siberia
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well by that i mean setting the software up I.E the network settings on each computer and the router also so they can all talk to each other
if i was to type it all here though id be typing for an hour
basically get one computer working then add the others 1 by 1 or if you know what yer doing just do it all at the same time
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Siberia is right, all you need to do is get the net connection up and working on the main pc. Then (if you use Windows XP) enable ICS (internet connection sharing) on all the others.
I'd go with serial cables rather than the wireless route. Costs less and is guaranteed to work all the time. One of my mates keeps getting poor signals with all his wireless gear.
My 2 coppers
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Dan B
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If he's using a router, there won't be anything on the network that would be referred to as a "gateway machine", so ICS isn't required. And I think you mean ethernet cable, rather than serial cable...
Each machine would set the internal IP address of the router as its default gateway, each machine would have an IP address in the same subnet as the router, and each machine will be independent of the other 4.
Sample setup:
Internal router IP: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
5 Computer IPs: 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3, 192.168.0.4, 192.168.0.5, 192.168.0.6
Voila...
[Edited on 19/02/2004 by Dan B]
[Edited on 19/02/2004 by Dan B]
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--Dave--
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very true, but i was talking about a network that doesnt use a router. Like mine at home.
The 'Gateway' or server assigns IPs to each of the computers ie 192.168.0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3 etc etc..
I use ICS at home with 4 computers, works fine. By serial cable i meant standard networking (CAT5 or whatever it's called) cable 
Dave
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CorsaLad
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how much do you think it would cost me in total to set up a system like this?
Can you get routers with 5 ports (for the other computers)?
James
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Cavey
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4 or 8 ports probably, should be about £25-30 for the router, £10-20 for the cabling i guess, not too much, most routers come plug n play these days too, so wouldn't need much setting up if you're all using XP
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--Dave--
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You only need the 1 router like Dan B said. There's be enough ports on there for your setup.
The cable won't cost you much. Look for Belkin or Link SYS for your router, very good makes.
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--Dave--
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sry forgot to mention price, Netgear do some very xpensive ones (100+).
My advice, spend no more than £40 on a router. If it's just for a simple home setup then you'll be fine with one of them
Dave
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to clarify, here's what i'd do (and what you need)
1 x network card for each pc (D-Link work fine if you're on a budget 14.99)
1 x Lots of networking cable
1 x internet connection
ok, install each network card and se4tup each computer individually. Ie making sure they can see themselves when you click on 'my network places'. Don't forget to share one of your drives just to check.
Once you have done all 5 comps, log on to the internet on the main comp. Go to the connections menu and right click on the internet connection > select properties. Make sure there is a tick in the box for "allow others browse the web through my computer" (or something like that) This is ICS - Internet Connection Sharing and is a windows XP built in service.
Note: You only need to do this on the comp with the net connection.
Now, on the others, you need to double click internet explorer and click tools > internet options > connections > setup
Set up a 'home network' and select the option to "browse the internet through a network computer". You'll need to do this for all 4 computers.
When this is done, click Tools > Internet options > Lan settings and make sure you have 'automatically detect settings" ticked.
That should be all there is to it my friend. If you get stuck then u2u me. Also, here's a link to a forum im a member of, sign up there and someone will be able to help you out in minutes. Very knowledgeable people over there
http://forums.amdmb.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=6
Hope this helps
Dave
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Patrick
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Yes yes Dave you boffin
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--Dave--
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hahaha, may not know a lot about cars, but computers are my specialty, not networking though, pain in the ass it is.
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CorsaLad
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
hahaha, may not know a lot about cars, but computers are my specialty, not networking though, pain in the ass it is.
Thanks alot --Dave-- you've been really helpful! We wont be doing it for a couple of months but if i do get any prob ill prob send you a u2u!
Thanks again mate 
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--Dave--
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no probs - hope all goes well
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Adam-D
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
hahaha, may not know a lot about cars, but computers are my specialty, not networking though, pain in the ass it is.
networking is a pain in the ass 
fecking h8 it
but i hate programming more ie i dont bother
im a person who can strip re-build pc's set them up etc but programming keep it away
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--Dave--
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nice, i'm the exact opposite. Love taking them apart and overclocking them. I know where to come to now when i need help with anything that requires 'programming'
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--Dave--
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just realised that i just made a total fool of myself, lmao. Read your reply wrong! 
Waiting on a new processor this week to come through the door. can't wait to get that thing up and running. 2.5ghz here i come!
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