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Posted by $Bill on February 6, 2005, 10:55 am
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Ken wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
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>>Ken wrote:
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>>>Hi. I've been using a 56K dial-up Internet connection for a long time.
>>>I've finally decided to move on up to broadband cable modem. Our house
>>>has two computers that access the Internet, one belonging to me and one
>>>to my wife. I have a Pentium 4 running XP Home, and she has a Mac G3
>>>notebook running OS X. Both have Ethernet cards built-in and available
>>>USB ports.
>>>
>>>My goal is to subscribe to a cable modem service (comcast is all that's
>>>offered around here--DSL is not available), and use a wireless router
>>>home network to get the service to the two computers. I'm a total
>>>newbie at this. I sort of understand that I'll need to connect a cable
>>>modem to our cable line, connect a wireless router to the cable modem,
>>>and give each computer some sort of wireless adapter. And I'll need to
>>>buy firewire software. I'm also assuming that we can do this having
>>>just one ISP address as long as my wife and I don't access at the same
>>>time (not sure if that is true). That's the extent of my knowledge (or
>>>lack thereof). Can someone provide advice or point me to a good FAQ on
>>>the topic? I looked on CNET.com, but their Wirless Network 101 article
>>>is dated 2003. At the rate technology changes, I figure I should look
>>>up something more recent.
>>>
>>>Thanks for any info!
>>>
>>>Ken
>>>
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>>I have three computers on my cable system, and all can access at the
>>same time. The laptop accesses through a wireless router/switch, and
>>the two desktops are ethernet wired. Why would you need firewire?
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> Oops. I meant to write "firewall." My PC is not near a cable outlet.
> Would it be worth it to pay to have a cable outlet added?
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> Also, is there a difference between the wireless router I would connect
> to the cable modem and the wireless router/switch I would connect to the
> laptop? Are these different products, or the same product used
> differently? Could you provide an example model of each (if they are
> different), so I can look it up and better understand the difference?
Always best to use compatible hardware from the same manufacturer if
possible, but as long as they're all G or B or whatever, you should
be ok.
Your cable company should probably do the hookup to the cable modem,
then you can add the router in after they leave. You could wire one
and go wirelss on the other as another option since most wireless
routers also have a 4-port switch. You'll want to split
the cable on entrance to the house and run the one tap to the cable
modem and the other to any TVs with possibly another splitter of using
a 1-4 or 1-8 on entrance instead of a 1-2. You don't want any TVs on
the cable leg if at all possible.
Splitter ------- Computer Wired
------------------ Cable Modem ------ Router < ~~~~~~~ Computer
Wireless
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------------------ TV or splitter and more TVs
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------------------ TV
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House
Entrance
There's not much to the hookup as you can see above - basically just a
good quality splitter and a router with cable.
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