Re: Complicated network setup - losing any hope!

rost_b wrote:
Hi. I'm struggling with it for a while now and ready to give up soon.
Here's what I'm trying to do:
I have two win XP pro computers next to each other. I need one of them
to connect to the internet using my cable modem via USB. I need
another one to connect using a Wi-Fi USB adapter. It's all easily
achievable. BUT I also need them to share a mouse and a keyboard, so I
need them to connect to each other using a router and TCP/IP for that.
Can't get it to work. If they share keyboard and mouse, it means they
can't connect to the internet. If they connect to internet, they can't
see each other on the local network.
What should I do? How do I tell my browser to connect through one
network connection but ignore the other???

Thanks

Is the USB wifi adapter connecting to your cable modem (i.e., is your cable modem a combo modem/wireless router)? Or are you connecting to two different ISP accounts?

If you only have a single ISP Internet account, the most straightforward way to resolve your problem would be to replace the cable modem with one that connects via Ethernet rather than USB. Then connect the new cable modem to a wireless router; connect your first computer to the router (via Ethernet or wireless); and connect the second computer to the wireless router with your USB wifi adapter. This way, you have a LAN that can be used for sharing Internet access as well as file and printer sharing -- and mouse & keyboard sharing (are you using Synergy?).

If you are trying to access two different ISPs, it's more complicated.

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