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On Wed, 16 May 2001 17:02:03 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello John,
>First let me say thanks for looking at my post but I think you read it so fast that
>you missed some of the details which you say are missing!
>
>Ok here are some answers to the questions that you pose!
>
>I have a 56K modem in PC2 and a 28.8K modem in PC1. Despite installing a cable modem
>I still require the use of a dial-up connection for the upload of websites hosted by
>ISPs other than my Cable Modem ISP. Obviously I prefer to use the faster modem from
>either PC and this did work originally.
One option here, if you wish to use one PC as a gateway, is to remove
the 28.8k modem and replace it with a NIC. The cable modem could then
be connected to that PC.
>
>The Cable Modem is connected to port 3 of the FS105. PC 2 happily connects to the
>internet immediately on power up via the Cable Modem.
Many cable Internet services identify the account by "binding" the
account to the MAC address of a NIC. In your installation this will
allow only the one PC with the registered NIC to work.
Some services only recognize the MAC of the cable modem and require
that you use a username/password combination to access the service.
>Originally PC2 (Pentium 3 450MHz running Windows 98) was the gateway for the dial-up
>connection to the internet with the configuration as described ie PC2 FA311 connected
>to FS105 port 1 and PC1 FA311 connected to FS105 port 2. This worked perfectly well
>and enabled both PCs to be simultaneously online sharing the single telephone line.
As John mentioned in another post you essentially had a gateway in
that your modem was acting as a virtual NIC. This would allow the
Netgear software, or most any Internet sharing software, to work
properly.
An option, if your cable service offers it, would be to request that
your cable modem be configured to provide a second IP address.
This is an extra-cost option with many cable services, but would allow
your system to work as it's currently installed - without the need for
the extra layer of Internet sharing software.
>I should not require any more hardware than I currently have!
Acutally, in your current installation, you do need to change or add
something :)
As I mentioned above you could replace the slower modem with a NIC -
PCI or ISA; the type doesn't matter.
If your Win98 machine supports USB you could purchase a
USB-to-Ethernet adapter. Your cable modem would connect to the
adapter in lieu of a regular NIC.
The best option (in my opinion) would be to purchase a one or
four-port cable/DSL router such as those manufactured by Linksys,
D-Link, Netgear, SMC, and others.
As an example, Amazon.com.uk offers the Linksys router for �131.65 .
I suspect that is the four-port version; the single-port would be
less.
The cable modem would connect to the router, the router to your
switch, and the PCs to the switch.
I hope some useful information is included here :)
Ron n1zhi
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