Carrie, It depends on how your Cable Modem is connected to your XP machine. If it uses an Ethernet port, yes it will work easy. If it uses a USB connection, then you have to mess around to get it to work, but it is still do-able (not necessary if you only have the one pc and one mac, you can use a crossover cable and ICS on the xp machine to share, let me know if its USB and I can elaborate).
I am connected to my ISP via an 801.11 wireless connection which supplies me with an ethernet connection. That goes into my router (same model) and I have to use MAC ADDRESS (not macintosh) cloned to the same as my PC (the original connection to my isp for security reasons has to know my mac address) I then connect my other 4 macs and 2 pc's to the router (there is an extra passive hub in there to expand the 4 ports). The only thing your ISP sees is the one connected unit which is the router. You can then file share between your PC-Mac with Dave if running os9, or built in osX. Greg Olson >http://www.linksys.com/Products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=29&prid=20 > >could someone take a quick look at this web page and tell >if they think this router would work with my ppwerc 132? i >have a windows xp machine connected to a cable modem and >want to network my mac to the whole thing. > >all i need is the internet access via cable on the mac. > >i have a chance to buy a used one for 40$! > >thanks, > >carrie -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
