Re: Connecting 2 PCs to broadband with router


"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6jl7l1holcnk6i66cqu384cpcdmuh425ou@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:30:52 +0100, "Blair" <darrach@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> OK, now it does indeed make sense. The ZyXEL 660H, like most gateways
and
> >> routers, has 4 Ethernet ports for networking.
> >>
> >> Ethernet is the more common networking Data Link component, with
Ethernet
> >> drivers built in to Windows networking. USB is a general purpose
> >cabling - used
> >> for stuff like keyboards, mice, and monitors for instance - and
requires
> >drivers
> >> specific to everything connected.
> >>
> >> With an Ethernet cable, both ends are electrically identical, so
Ethernet
> >can be
> >> used to connect any 2 devices which have Ethernet ports. USB ports are
> >not
> >> identical on both ends. AFAIK, a USB cable requires a computer on the
> >Host end
> >> (where the drivers are loaded), and a hub or peripheral on the Guest
end.
> >I
> >> don't think that there are any routers which substitute for computers
by
> >> providing a Host port for a USB cable.
> >>
> >> You can, however, get USB to Ethernet printer servers, such as the
Linksys
> >> WPS54G, which will manage your printer and provide Ethernet (or WiFi)
> >> connectivity. You connect your printer to the print server, and the
print
> >> server, by Ethernet, to the gateway / router. Epson also appears to
make
> >> printer servers, but I'm not sure if any are for USB connected
printers.
> >>
>
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> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers,
> >> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> >> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> >> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> >> My email is AT DOT
> >> actual address pchuck mvps org.
> >
> >Thanks for your reply-the fog is beginning to clear ! .
> >But my position is this- At present I have a network with a crossover
cable
> >which allows me to share files but also to share the printer.
> >The only limitation is that I require to have the host PC on in order to
> >operate the client PC
> >When I fit a router/modem this will enable the PCs to operate
independently.
> >The question is if I leave the printer connected to the host PC via a USB
> >connector will the network I have set up allow the other PC to access the
> >printer.?
> >Secondly if I only have two PCs is there any point in having 4 Ethernet
> >ports? Surely I only need one?
> >Blair
>
> Blair,
>
> When you share a printer by attaching it to a computer, the computer will
have
> to be on for you to access the printer from any other computer. That's
the
> advantage of having a router (for sharing Internet service), or a print
server
> (for sharing a printer) - to remove a host computer from the necessity of
being
> online all the time.
>
> If you have a printer connected to both a print server and a host
computer, the
> host computer will access the printer directly. All of the other
computers can
> access the printer thru the print server, and the host computer will not
have to
> be on for the print server to be used.
>
> If you have 2 computers, you need 2 Ethernet ports. You can't buy routers
with
> an exact port count for your current computer population. It never hurts
to
> have a spare anyway, for problem analysis - sometimes a port may fail, so
a
> spare is not a bad thing to have.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.

Thanks again Chuck.
The fog has finally cleared thanks to you.
Regards
Blair


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