Help: product selection for ICS & wireless link behind new cablemodem

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Looking for specific product recommendations to accomplish final config
below. I moved 3 of 4 wireLAN PCs from my house to a new backyard ofc.
Machines are HOM1-2-3-4, HOM1-3-4 are W2k, HOM2 is NT4SP6a, easily
upgradeable to W2k if needed (just haven't gotten to it. My wife's happy
with NT4.) Want to go to cable access, ICS on 4 machines, use current
wireLAN as below, and install one wireless link as below.

I know I can spend a couple days on the web at many sites figuring this
out; I've already spent some time doing that. I'm a few years behind the
curve on cable & wireless connectivity, though, and I think to someone
with recent experience it's a trivial problem. I'm hoping someone here
can save me some time, for example (since I must use a cable modem
installed by the access provider) exactly what additional gear I may
need for HOM1 and HOM2 to get the wireless link and ICS I'd like.

In the house I had no ICS:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4]--wire--[HOM2]
NIC + NIC NIC NIC +
dialup dialup
modem modem
line 1 line 2

Current 2-building setup has no ICS:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4] [HOM2]
NIC + NIC NIC NIC +
dialup dialup
modem modem
line 1 line 2

I'd like to set this up with ICS on all 4 machines:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4] [HOM2]
NIC + NIC + NIC + NIC +
ICS + ICS ICS ICS +
cable wireless
modem + connection
wireless ^
connection------------wireless--------------^

I'm not worried about wireless distance here; it's about a 60' throw
across a clear backyard windowsill-to-windowsill and I can boost/focus
antennas if I have to. It's a residential area and I expect no
significant EM Interference. I also know W2k is fully equipped for ICS
software; not worried about that.

I just don't know the hardware specifics well enough to be able easily
to select simplest/cheapest product types and which brands might best
suit the case for connectivity/ICS behind a cable modem.

Be very grateful for any pointers, and TIA. Meanwhile, I'll be slogging
around the net trying to figure this out. Fortunately time's no big
problem. :-)

(Posted similarly in m.p.w2k.networking last week, got 1 response but no
product direction. Nice response, but poster probably assumed I knew
more than I do.)
 
Get a wireless router and forget ICS. You'll have ports for wired as well as
the wireless signal. Look at Linksys for wireless routers.
Also read alt.internet.wireless.

Dan Seur said:
Looking for specific product recommendations to accomplish final config
below. I moved 3 of 4 wireLAN PCs from my house to a new backyard ofc.
Machines are HOM1-2-3-4, HOM1-3-4 are W2k, HOM2 is NT4SP6a, easily
upgradeable to W2k if needed (just haven't gotten to it. My wife's happy
with NT4.) Want to go to cable access, ICS on 4 machines, use current
wireLAN as below, and install one wireless link as below.

I know I can spend a couple days on the web at many sites figuring this
out; I've already spent some time doing that. I'm a few years behind the
curve on cable & wireless connectivity, though, and I think to someone
with recent experience it's a trivial problem. I'm hoping someone here
can save me some time, for example (since I must use a cable modem
installed by the access provider) exactly what additional gear I may
need for HOM1 and HOM2 to get the wireless link and ICS I'd like.

In the house I had no ICS:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4]--wire--[HOM2]
NIC + NIC NIC NIC +
dialup dialup
modem modem
line 1 line 2

Current 2-building setup has no ICS:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4] [HOM2]
NIC + NIC NIC NIC +
dialup dialup
modem modem
line 1 line 2

I'd like to set this up with ICS on all 4 machines:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4] [HOM2]
NIC + NIC + NIC + NIC +
ICS + ICS ICS ICS +
cable wireless
modem + connection
wireless ^
connection------------wireless--------------^

I'm not worried about wireless distance here; it's about a 60' throw
across a clear backyard windowsill-to-windowsill and I can boost/focus
antennas if I have to. It's a residential area and I expect no
significant EM Interference. I also know W2k is fully equipped for ICS
software; not worried about that.

I just don't know the hardware specifics well enough to be able easily
to select simplest/cheapest product types and which brands might best
suit the case for connectivity/ICS behind a cable modem.

Be very grateful for any pointers, and TIA. Meanwhile, I'll be slogging
around the net trying to figure this out. Fortunately time's no big
problem. :-)

(Posted similarly in m.p.w2k.networking last week, got 1 response but no
product direction. Nice response, but poster probably assumed I knew
more than I do.)
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Thanks, John. I'll look into that pronto.
Get a wireless router and forget ICS. You'll have ports for wired as well as
the wireless signal. Look at Linksys for wireless routers.
Also read alt.internet.wireless.

Looking for specific product recommendations to accomplish final config
below. I moved 3 of 4 wireLAN PCs from my house to a new backyard ofc.
Machines are HOM1-2-3-4, HOM1-3-4 are W2k, HOM2 is NT4SP6a, easily
upgradeable to W2k if needed (just haven't gotten to it. My wife's happy
with NT4.) Want to go to cable access, ICS on 4 machines, use current
wireLAN as below, and install one wireless link as below.

I know I can spend a couple days on the web at many sites figuring this
out; I've already spent some time doing that. I'm a few years behind the
curve on cable & wireless connectivity, though, and I think to someone
with recent experience it's a trivial problem. I'm hoping someone here
can save me some time, for example (since I must use a cable modem
installed by the access provider) exactly what additional gear I may
need for HOM1 and HOM2 to get the wireless link and ICS I'd like.

In the house I had no ICS:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4]--wire--[HOM2]
NIC + NIC NIC NIC +
dialup dialup
modem modem
line 1 line 2

Current 2-building setup has no ICS:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4] [HOM2]
NIC + NIC NIC NIC +
dialup dialup
modem modem
line 1 line 2

I'd like to set this up with ICS on all 4 machines:

[HOM1]--wire--[HOM3]--wire--[HOM4] [HOM2]
NIC + NIC + NIC + NIC +
ICS + ICS ICS ICS +
cable wireless
modem + connection
wireless ^
connection------------wireless--------------^

I'm not worried about wireless distance here; it's about a 60' throw
across a clear backyard windowsill-to-windowsill and I can boost/focus
antennas if I have to. It's a residential area and I expect no
significant EM Interference. I also know W2k is fully equipped for ICS
software; not worried about that.

I just don't know the hardware specifics well enough to be able easily
to select simplest/cheapest product types and which brands might best
suit the case for connectivity/ICS behind a cable modem.

Be very grateful for any pointers, and TIA. Meanwhile, I'll be slogging
around the net trying to figure this out. Fortunately time's no big
problem. :-)

(Posted similarly in m.p.w2k.networking last week, got 1 response but no
product direction. Nice response, but poster probably assumed I knew
more than I do.)
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