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[gebbie]

hey.. is there a way to hook a ethernet cable into one computer, somehow hook the first computer upto another, and be online on both pc's without too much of a headache?

:D

[SuperSaiyan4]

hey.. is there a way to hook a ethernet cable into one computer, somehow hook the first computer upto another, and be online on both pc's without too much of a headache?

:D


You will need a router get a Netgear, depending on your internet service if its ADSL or Cable you need the appropriate router to all the PC's to all be connected at the same time to the internet.

[tbone4690]

Yeah I told him that you can't share the same ip address, and said to just use a router.

[SuperSaiyan4]

Yeah I told him that you can't share the same ip address, and said to just use a router.

I thought Gebbie was female? :confused:

[tbone4690]

rofl, you've been on this board for a couple weeks and you haven't figured that out. lol.

[ROADKILL]

Yeah the net gear hub works well. We hooked up 4 Xboxes in one house using the net gear hub. We all had a decent connection to Xbox live while all were playing halo 2. We had that set up for almost a year and a half. It was a blast!

[gebbie]

I thought Gebbie was female? :confused:

maybe it's the long hair that got him confused :D

[gebbie]

Yeah the net gear hub works well. We hooked up 4 Xboxes in one house using the net gear hub. We all had a decent connection to Xbox live while all were playing halo 2. We had that set up for almost a year and a half. It was a blast!

hmmm... sounds promising macguyver!:cool:

[stonyarc]

It's probably the beard :D

There is a way using Internet Connection sharing (just google it)

A few remarks though:

If do it using a standard HUB you may run into trouble as a lot of providers detect the number of MAC addresses or assign it to just 1.

Best way is a router behind the cable or adsl modem. Most of these (even cheap ones) have a build in firewall so you're protected better against worms and other nasty stuff.