XP Home Internet Sharing

[Guest]

I have 2 pc's both with xp home, networked with a hub. I
also have a t1 broadband connection which i want to share
between them.
I pulled the broadband modem into the hub with a LAN
cable, but only one computer can use the net at one time,
the other pc will display the cannot find server page in
iexplorer. Is there anything i can do to fix this or do i
need a router.

Ideas welcome cheers

 

[Chuck]

I have 2 pc's both with xp home, networked with a hub. I
also have a t1 broadband connection which i want to share
between them.
I pulled the broadband modem into the hub with a LAN
cable, but only one computer can use the net at one time,
the other pc will display the cannot find server page in
iexplorer. Is there anything i can do to fix this or do i
need a router.

Ideas welcome cheers

If you want to use more than one computer on the internet simultaneously, you'll
need either a proxy or router.

Here are a couple websites with useful tutorials:
http://www.cablesense.com/
http://www.homenethelp.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

For cheap, you can't beat Analogx Proxy:
<http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm>

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Jack]

The content of the following links might help:

Basic Options for Internet Connection Sharing -
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=105

Hubs, routers, switches, DSL, LANs, WANs...? -
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=48

The page above was written by me ages ago. You might ignore the prices and
Brand recommendations. The principles however are still the same.Connection
Diagram: http://www.ezlan.net/~network/router.jpg

Authentication: http://www.ezlan.net/broadband.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).