Re: dial-up and wireless networking


"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:38:58 -1000, "Kyuzo" <none> wrote:
>
> >"blackmon" <blackmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:C2F12DF5-220E-42B4-AC5B-117850ADC700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> I have two computers, a desktop and a new laptop. Both are running
Windows
> >> XP. We are not able to get a high speed internet connection in my rural
> >area,
> >> so I only have dial-up service. I'd like to network these two computers
> >and
> >> be able to share an internet connection. The laptop has a wireless
card.
> >The
> >> desktop is relatively new, less than five years old. I keep getting
> >different
> >> answers to my question. I've been told it isn't possible and then I'm
told
> >it
> >> is with a router.
> >> Please tell me the basics. Where do I start? What hardward to I need?
> >> Please, please in simple terms - I'm technology challenged.
> >> --
>
> >Info. taken from Microsoft's article on "Managing your Network's Internet
> >Connection"
> >Dial-up
> >With a dial-up connection, you use a modem that connects through a phone
> >line and is not a digital subscriber line (DSL). If you have a dial-up
> >connection and install a home network, there's no reason you can't share
the
> >Internet connection. It'll be slower than the other types of Internet
> >connections, but if you're using dial-up already and prefer its price
point,
> >this is probably an acceptable trade-off.
> >
> >ICS manages dial-up connections as well as broadband connections. Since
ICS
> >is currently available in Windows XP, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows
> >2000, and Windows 98 Second Edition at no extra charge, this is a natural
> >choice for sharing a dial-up connection. Very few combinations of routers
> >and external modems will allow you to use a hardware solution for sharing
a
> >dial-up connection.
> >
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/getstarted/connectnetwo
rk.mspx
> >
> >Trying researching on Internet Connection Sharing and see if it suits
your
> >needs. It will be probably difficult setting up the wireless solution you
> >wanted with dial-up.
>
> It is quite easy to set up a wireless solution with dial-up. You need a
dial-up
> router with WiFi, or a dial-up router plus a wireless access point. I
know of 6
> dial-up routers, 3 wired and 3 wireless.
>
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/sharing-your-dialup-internet-service.
html>
>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/sharing-your-dialup-internet-service.html
>
> If you don't like the WiFi options presented by any of the routers in the
above
> article, you can get one of the wired routers, and a WiFi router or Access
Point
> of your choice. If you get a WiFi router (which are not all that
expensive),
> you can use it with a dial-up router, by converting the WiFi router into
an
> access point.
>
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-on-lan-with-two-routers.
html>
>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-on-lan-with-two-routers.html
>
> But whatever you do, start by learning the limitations of ICS.
>
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html
>
> --
> 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.

I'm probabably going to feel sorry for the OP cuz it will probably be slow
as heck when he tries to go on with both of his computers LOL. But I guess
there are no other options since he/she can't get broadband. Would hooking
it up with ICS actually be faster than with going with an wireless setup? I
mean its still 56k and all but would physically connecting them be better?


.

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