Re: setting up a home network

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Using a hub just after a cable or DSL modem is like using a closet door
on the main entrance to your house instead of a locking front door.

The difference is price is peanuts, and the difference in security
and capability is huge.

Modern routers are quite easy to configure using their built-in web
pages for setup. You won't have any trouble if you read the manual.

BTW, if you really need additional network ports *downstream* of the
router, a hub is fine for that--just like an internal door. ;-)

Good luck!

-michael


Librehombre wrote:
Now you tell me! I understood that a router took more savvy to connect. I have used a hub on older networks that I connected. I'm not sure I can return the hub to Netgear, so I would like to make this work if possible.
Thanks for the reply

"Robert Schweitzer" wrote:


You should have gotten an router! to spare the cable modem ip address.

Cable modem, plug in to router, then each computer, to the router, each computer gets an ip address from the router.


"Librehombre" <Librehombre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:AB8E82E7-0089-45B6-B42A-F6792D07A4F2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Richard.
I purchased a Netgear 4-port hub and connected my old pc and new pc to the
hub then connected the hub to my cable modem.

After running MS network setup wizard. I got error messages. Suspecting a
firewall problem, I disabled Norton Internet Security on both computers. Then
I could ping one or the other computer and confirm that my network adapters
were working ok.

I could go out on the net from the very beginning: I just cannot get the two
computers to see each other.

Did I make a mistake choosing a hub instead of a router? The MS network
information clearly makes allowance for a hub and I have it configured
according to their diagram. Why doesn't it work?

Thanks,
Rich

"Richard Miller" wrote:


If your cable modem or DSL modem has a usb plug that into the computer, then
use a crossover cat5 cable to the laptop.

"Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:


You can use ICS, but it requires two network adapters on the PC that shares
the connection. It's just as cheap, and better from several standpoints, to
just buy a firewall/router for $20 (look in your Sunday paper's ads) and
hook it to your cable modem or DSL modem. Then plug your computers into it.
It requires a little setup, but they generally have great setup
instructions. Plus, it'll act as a hardware firewall, protecting all your
PCs from the outside world.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"Jamie O'Neill" <JamieONeill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:161DE3EC-25C4-4ED6-B505-E13FA96B844A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey, can anyone tell me how to set up a home network. I have bought a
laptop
and wanted to connect to the internet through my broadband setup on my pc.
Is
this possible? I have a ethernet cable that I connected to both, but tried
setting the connection up through both comps. Has anyone done this and is
able to give me a few pointers, or do i need to buy more cables etc?
Thank you
Jamie
.

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