Router
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<div class="IPBDescription">Need one</div> Ok so were going to need a router so my mums bf's sons computer can acess the internet , and i have no godam idea how the hell they work and how to set one up , does the internet slow down on mine if there downloading something?, will they be able to acess my pc? (cause i just know im gonna get a bloody virus) , help meh!
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They're mostly plug and play, though usually you can do more advanced configuration (including putting in your login name and password for the modem, and port-forwarding) through a webpage interface.. they come with instructions, so no worries.
As to your other questions:
Yes (it's the same amount of bandwidth, just shared between two machines), depends on how you have it set up (but most likely yes), and only if you're an idiot (and use IE/OE.. er, don't have a virus scanner and software firewall.. but the IE/OE thing too <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->).
Though most 'home routers' have an internal firewall, if the other user gets a virus, you're in the same 'protected zone' so the virus will jump to your machine if it's network-aware. So run ZoneAlarm, or turn on the integrated WinXP 'connection firewall' and make sure you ALWAYS stay patched up. Both instances will allow you to lock off your machine from the others on the network.
How does it work , do i plug the internet cable into the router then some sort of lead from the router into my pc? , will the ip adress be the same? , whats this "NAT" thingy about? , so confused....
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Their usage of a Norton product (much less NIS) of any sort speaks of the endless volumes of their ineptitude quite nicely. I'll see about praying for your hard drive, but I'm not sure even that will save it.
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How does it work , do i plug the internet cable into the router then some sort of lead from the router into my pc? , will the ip adress be the same? , whats this "NAT" thingy about? , so confused....<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Usually if you have DSL, you have a modem somewhere with a CAT5 (category-5) cable leading to the hub, or straight to your computer. You're probably running connection software on your PC to send it your login/password.
Follow the instructions that come with the 'home router'. Usually it'll tell you to unplug the CAT5 cable going to your computer and plug it into a specific port on the 'home router'. Then plug another CAT5 cable (sometimes included, sometimes not! Careful!) from one of the other ports on the 'home router' into your computer. Then open a browser, put in a certain address, and do the configuration as according to the steps.
You only need to do this configuration once, as it's configging the 'home router', not anything on your computer. You can go back and look through it again most of the time to fix stuff. Again. READ THE MANUAL. It'll explain very nicely how to deal with it, and that to get the second machine on, you most likely just plug it into another port on the 'home router'.
Also , is this how a router usually works?
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EDIT: Except one of them is some sort of "Main" PC, which is the same thing. Basically.
Give us a bit more information about your current setup, and then we (or Talesin) can advise you on how to make the change.
yeah its plugged in via usb
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what kind of info? , just worried how the heck you set one up , does it slow down stuff like p2p ports and bit torrent? , whats a cat5 cable thingy look like?
Forget about port numbers. They just mean which application the data's going to. It's not like your line is split into a number of "ports", each of which is uniform in size, so each app always gets a nice segment of the line. Doesn't work like that.
[edit]What's a cat5 cable look like?... A bit like a phone cable, only wider.[/edit]
Draytek 2600. Best of the business. Awesome routers.
The way my network's set up is a little different anyway. We've got a machine that acts as a firewall\gateway, that's got two network cards in it (so has two Ethernet ports (cat5 ports)) and two IP addresses. One cat5 goes to the modem, the other goes to the network switch. Our three other computers plug into the switch. So I'm kinda going on that <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Hell, as far as I'm concerned, allowing a broadband modem to connect to a system via USB is painful amounts of stupid.
Step 1) UNPLUG that USB cable.
Step 2) You should see what looks like a phone jack on the back of the modem, except about twice as wide. Plug the CAT-5 cable into that.
Step 3) Plug the other end into the correct port on the 'home router'.
Step 4) Get another CAT-5 cable and plug it into one of the other ports (NOT the DMZ port if yours has one), then plug the other end of that into the network jack on your computer.
This IS assuming you actually have a network card in your machine, or a LAN adapter integrated into the motherboard.