DYL
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Registered: 19th May 06
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Orite....i have 4 computers that need connecting to the LAN network through cable...I have a netgear router...how do i do this?! 
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12vMatt
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Registered: 28th Oct 06
Location: Sunderland
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for a wired network its pretty much just a case of plugging them in
fo wireless you just connect the wireless connection to the router
can get pics if you want
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MarkW
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Registered: 19th Mar 04
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as long as the router has 4 network ports, plug them all in, if dhcp is running on the router do nothing and it should work.
if it doesn't have dhcp put the pc's on the same range e.g if the router is 192.168.1.1
put the pc's on addresses 192.168.1.2 to .5
subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and default gateway of 192.168.1.1 
[Edited on 21-01-2007 by MarkW]
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Dom
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Wired, plug the computers into the router and if DHCP is enabled on the router then it'll pretty much be plug 'n' play 
Im sure you'll have some problems but with a wired network it's a lot lot easier to solve than a wireless, which WILL cause headaches 
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DYL
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Registered: 19th May 06
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ok...how do i change the ip adressess? i have 4 ports on the router so thats no problem.....but it does connect to the internet :S
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flame1987
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Registered: 20th Nov 06
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connecting to the internet is no problem as that uses a different port. To change ip addresses Go to control panel > network connections > Local area Connection (LAN) > Right click the properties of the network card > Scroll down to internet protcol (TCI / IP) > Select properties and from there you can manually enter an ip although as above if you have DHCP on the router (my netgear does) then choose automatically assign ip then you should b away just a matter of creating file-shares and making sure you are all on the same workgroup
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flash22
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If the pc are connecting to the internet theres no need to change the ip's as the router has assigned the ip automatically (dhcp)
[Edited on 21-01-2007 by flash22]
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flame1987
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Registered: 20th Nov 06
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and will perform NAT
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Dom
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unless you going to plug stuff in and out of the network, then i would assign static ip address, ie: pc1 = 192.168.0.2, pc2 = 192.168.0.3, pc3 = 192.168.0.4 etc Gateway/router = 192.168.0.1. As it helps if you need to port forward anything
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