network hardware- compatible?

[Ashok S.]

I am setting a home network with 2 comps to share internet.
I have ZYXEL ADSL LAN EE modem. Its description is found here
http://www.zyxel.ru/public/omni/oadsl.lan/documentation/lan-ug.pdf . I have
dlink DES-1005D 5 ports switch. Its description is here
http://www.ciao.co.uk/product.php/pName/D_Link_DES_1005D/Pid/1,5215759,52157
66,5215796,5215822/ProduktId/5444494/TabId/4/subTabId/1
I have network adapter installed on one computer at present. I want to gift
the broadband connection to sister as a new year present. So I will hook the
other comp later. I want to be sure that everything will work. At present,
my ISP is doing the stuff so that my phone line will work with DSL. They
will give me internet access near the new year.
My question is: modem has 1 RJ45 port on the back. I have connected this
port to switch. Switch has 5 ports but no special port to connect it to
modem. So I connected modem to port 1 on switch. Port 2 on switch is
connected to my PC. Port 3 on switch will be connected to second comp. Both
comps have winXP. On ipconfig, I get 192.168.0.1. So, it seems to me as it
will work. But I did a little more study over the internet and now I am
confused about router/switch. If I understand correctly, my modem is capable
of routing and I am right in connecting a switch to it. But I want to know
if this thing will work or I need a router too somewhere there? Please help
me and tell me if I need something else too and if I have connected
everything correctly.
If any other information is required, I will.
Thanks.
Saini

 

[David Efflandt]

I am setting a home network with 2 comps to share internet.
I have ZYXEL ADSL LAN EE modem. Its description is found here
http://www.zyxel.ru/public/omni/oadsl.lan/documentation/lan-ug.pdf . I have
dlink DES-1005D 5 ports switch. Its description is here
http://www.ciao.co.uk/product.php/pName/D_Link_DES_1005D/Pid/1,5215759,52157
66,5215796,5215822/ProduktId/5444494/TabId/4/subTabId/1
I have network adapter installed on one computer at present. I want to gift
the broadband connection to sister as a new year present. So I will hook the
other comp later. I want to be sure that everything will work. At present,
my ISP is doing the stuff so that my phone line will work with DSL. They
will give me internet access near the new year.
My question is: modem has 1 RJ45 port on the back. I have connected this
port to switch. Switch has 5 ports but no special port to connect it to
modem. So I connected modem to port 1 on switch. Port 2 on switch is
connected to my PC. Port 3 on switch will be connected to second comp. Both
comps have winXP. On ipconfig, I get 192.168.0.1. So, it seems to me as it
will work. But I did a little more study over the internet and now I am
confused about router/switch. If I understand correctly, my modem is capable
of routing and I am right in connecting a switch to it. But I want to know
if this thing will work or I need a router too somewhere there? Please help
me and tell me if I need something else too and if I have connected
everything correctly.

Some DSL modem/routers by default might only assign one DHCP IP. If that
is the case, maybe it can be reconfigured for multiple IPs. Or you can
sometimes work around that by giving static IPs (other than your IP or
modem IP) to other PC's on switch. If you give a PC a static IP, you also
need to assign it gateway (modem IP), and nameservers (based on what shows
for nameservers for 'ipconfig /all' on your PC).

Worst case might be replacing the switch with a broadband router. If you
do that, you just need to make sure that its LAN IP is different range
than its WAN network (like 192.168.1.x, because modem is apparently
192.168.0.x).