sharing DSL

[Farhan]

i want to share a DSL connection at home. One PC at ground floor and other on
second floor. Both running win XP.

What will be cheapest/best way to do that?


Farhan

 

[Malke]

i want to share a DSL connection at home. One PC at ground floor and other
on second floor. Both running win XP.

What will be cheapest/best way to do that?

Buy a router. Either run ethernet cable up to the second floor or connect
wirelessly on the upstairs computer.

Malke

 

[db]

there are many configurations
and any of them can be costly.

if you choose to use a cable,
then you would have to route
it upstairs somehow and ensure
to add a network router to split
the signal between cables.

if you choose wireless connectivity
the you will need a wireless router
and the computer upstairs would
need to be able to receive the
transmission from the wireless
router

or you can simply by a dsl modem
for the computer upstairs and just
plug it into the incoming dsl jack.

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[Mark Adams]

i want to share a DSL connection at home. One PC at ground floor and other on
second floor. Both running win XP.

What will be cheapest/best way to do that?


Farhan

Some modems come with a wireless router built in, see if your ISP can
provide you with one. If they can, all you will need is a wireless adapter
for each computer. If one of the computers is close to the modem, all you
will need for that one is an ethernet cord.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

i want to share a DSL connection at home. One PC at ground floor and other on
second floor. Both running win XP.

What will be cheapest/best way to do that?

Buy a router ($25-50US or so). Also if you don't already have CAT5
ports on the two computers, buy a Network Interface Card for each of
them ($10US or so).

Run a CAT5 cable from each computer to the router, and establish a
workgroup network between the two computers.

Connect the DSL line to the router, rather than to either computer.

Alternatively, you can get a wireless router and wireless NICs for the
computers. That will probably cost a little more, and you may not get
a good signal between the two floors.

 

[BillW50]

In Ken Blake, MVP typed on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:06:55 -0700:
[...]

Alternatively, you can get a wireless router and wireless NICs for the
computers. That will probably cost a little more, and you may not get
a good signal between the two floors.

In my experience going through walls, brick, stone, etc. isn't much of a
problem. Most WiFi problems are do to other radio sources like cordless
phones, microwaves, other WiFi, etc. And if somebody can drive by your
house or you have neighbors within a few thousand feet, you probably
want to use secured WiFi.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In Ken Blake, MVP typed on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:06:55 -0700:
[...]

Alternatively, you can get a wireless router and wireless NICs for the
computers. That will probably cost a little more, and you may not get
a good signal between the two floors.

In my experience going through walls, brick, stone, etc. isn't much of a
problem.

I said "may not," rather than "will not." I wanted him to be aware
that that alternative will cost more and *may not* work as well.