Best cable modem setup?
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Posted by Dennis K. on January 11, 2007, 2:40 pm
Please log in for more thread options Adelphia (now TimeWarner) is coming out tomorrow to install RoadRunner. I have several PCs connected on an ethernet via a hub. The PC I want to be the host for the cable internet connection only has a low-speed USB port. Would it be best to install the cable modem on the PC's USB port or on the ethernet hub? -- Dennis K. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bill M. on January 11, 2007, 8:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options wrote: I wouldn't bother making one of the PC's the host. What most people do is connect a router to the cable modem, then the individual PC's get connected to the router via its built-in switch. No host, no hub, and definitely no USB. Put an Ethernet NIC into each PC that doesn't already have one. -- Bill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Warren on January 11, 2007, 8:57 pm
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Dennis K. wrote: > Adelphia (now TimeWarner) is coming out tomorrow to install RoadRunner.
> > I have several PCs connected on an ethernet via a hub. The PC I want to > be the host for the cable internet connection only has a low-speed USB > port. > > Would it be best to install the cable modem on the PC's USB port or on > the ethernet hub? > Neither. Go out, and get a router. You can replace the hub with the router, or just connect the hub to the router. Networking using USB connections is awkward at best. It should only be used if a bus designed for networking (most commonly Ethernet) is not available. And if your network uses a hub or a switch, and the PC is not functioning as a router, you would need to pay for multiple IP addresses to address everything on your network. If you really want to emulate Rube Goldberg, have fun. But the easy way is to just get a router, and make it easy on yourself. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Shop for networking gear: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/linksys http://www.holzemville.com/mall/netgear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Todd H. on January 11, 2007, 10:17 pm
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> Dennis K. wrote:
> > Adelphia (now TimeWarner) is coming out tomorrow to install RoadRunner.
> > > > I have several PCs connected on an ethernet via a hub. The PC I want to > > be the host for the cable internet connection only has a low-speed USB > > port. > > > > Would it be best to install the cable modem on the PC's USB port or on > > the ethernet hub? > > >
> Neither. > > Go out, and get a router. You can replace the hub with the router, or just > connect the hub to the router. Hands down agreed. Replace the hub with a linksys BEFSR41 or WRT54G (wireless) or equivalent. Both are reasonably priced and relatively ubiquitous. Best Regards, -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dennis K. on January 12, 2007, 10:29 am
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On 11 Jan 2007 21:17:43 -0600, comphelp@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote: >Hands down agreed. Replace the hub with a linksys BEFSR41 or WRT54G
>(wireless) or equivalent. Both are reasonably priced and relatively >ubiquitous. I am reading up on the linksys BEFSR41. It talks about a web based setup. If all I have right now is dial-up, can it still be setup? Or do you need to connect it the high-speed cable to set it up? In other words, what should I get installed first ... the router or the high-speed cable. Chicken or egg? -- Dennis K. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>I have several PCs connected on an ethernet via a hub. The PC I want to
>be the host for the cable internet connection only has a low-speed USB
>port.
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>Would it be best to install the cable modem on the PC's USB port or on
>the ethernet hub?