Hey Raino, No problem...
I have comcra.... er, comcast and a houseful of macs and peecees coexisting on the network. There is a 1-port router feeding an 8 port and 3 five port switches. There is an iMac, an iBook, Powerbook G3, a 7100/80 and a B&W all cooperating with some PC's. Most of the systems are set up to use DHCP... 'specially the 'books. File sharing is turned on for most of the crowd and I can share files across most of the machines. The wintels are running windoze 2000, the 7100 8.5.1, the Powerbook 10.2.8, and the other macs 10.3.9. I've used gimp print to share the pc server's inkjet printer. My roomie and I do a lot of file transfers with web sites and graphics work and having the macs and peecees together is no problem at all. Amanda ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: [G] Cable internet sharing > Hey team, > We are donating an iMac 400 MHz to a woman in NJ who is bedridden. He 19 > year old son keeps trashing her PC (!) and she relies on the computer to > stay connected to the world. She pays for Comcast cable internet. I don't > know anything about cable modems, but I am assuming they could both share > the internet connection if the cable modem is connected to a hub or router, > just like our wireless modem at the shop, or like my DSL modem at home. > > The kid is screaming because he believes if she has a Mac connected to the > internet connection, his 7 MB download speed will tank. (this is when I > would rant about gamers, but I'll save that for the Mac2Mac list!). > > Having no experience with cable modems, I don't know what to say. I was > planning on shipping a 100MB Asante hub with the iMac (thinking the cable > modem would contain a router), but someone told me that might not be the > case. > > Besides flying to NJ and punching the kid in the nose for making this much > more complicated than it needs to be, can some one who has > 1. Cable ISP connection > 2. A Mac and a PC in their house sharing the connection > > email me and let me know how to set it up? Save this kid from a sudden > illness. > > raino -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
