Big Network Mess. PLZ HELP......WindowsXP

Cool_CowCool_Cow
edited December 2003 in Science & Tech
Ok. Let me lay this out.
There are 3 of us shareing a connection. Now I want a direct connection to the internet. But my 2 roommates really only use the internet for email and such. So here we go

We are all running WindowsXP. I want the cable internet to come straight into my computer. Then I want to route it to the router so my roommates computers have internet too.

Can someone proviede a step by step on how to do that. Right now I have it setup so my 2 network adapters are "Bridged". Im not sure if that is the right way to do what I want or not.


Also Im not sure that my roommates computers can ever see the router. There not getting 192.*.*.* ip's when they try to repair

Comments

  • verselloversello New
    edited November 2003
    Hey,

    Does your "wireless router" have any network ports built-into it? Maybe it has a port labled "WAN" on it? If not then it's a wireless access point and the most ideal way to set up your network with the way you want would be to disable your bridge and:

    1. On your computer, enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

    [Control Panel -> Networking -> Right click network adapter 1 and select properties -> go to advanced and checkmark ICS. It will present you with a Wizard to make setting it up easy as pie. I also reccomend you checkmark internet firewall too if you don't have a firewall.].

    2. With ICS is enabled, Windows *should* have set your IP to 192.168.0.1 automatically (static IP address).

    3. Now on onto your roomies' PC, verify they have DHCP enabled

    [Control Panel -> Networking ->Right click their net adapter, select properties -> Double-click TCP/IP Protocol -> verify it is set to "obtain IP address automatically"]

    4. Perform a reboot on all machines just to be on the safe side and everything should work.

    The best way to do this however would be to buy a wireless broadband router. The wireless router would then itself share the internet connection and all 3 PC's would connect to it.
  • Cool_CowCool_Cow
    edited November 2003
    It has a WAN port
  • verselloversello New
    edited November 2003
    what brand is it btw?

    since you say it has a WAN port, in that case why not just connect your cable modem to your wireless router and have all your computers connect wirelessly to it the router?

    that way your roomies' computers wouldn't be dependant on your computer having to be on all the time for internet access.
  • JahyaJahya Virginia
    edited November 2003
    Um. Your going to use your computer as a gateway? Thats what i get from the drawing. I'm a sr. network engineer, maybe i can help. The way you drew the picture would require more work then you need. Even if your roomates only use it for email, it's still shared bandwidth. It wont slow you down unless they are rampantly access it. Use the drawing as an example. With only 3 systems you wont see a decrease in speed unless all of you re downoading or streaming at the same time.

    Ok, i'm back, heres your picture of a basic router configuration:

    ex.jpg

    If you could be more specific on what you want to do, i'll see if I can help further. And also disable any software firewalls while playing a game. Your route will act as a hardware firewall. Unless they know which ports you have open specifically they wont be able to do anything beyond ping. And you can even set your router not to respond to a ping. Oh yeah. Enable DHCP on the systems. Should be default already, but just incase.
  • antthisantthis Bowling Green ky
    edited December 2003
    If you ever use a router (I use cheap ass Linksys router) overtime they go bad just a note. Allso wireless suck right now. My case and point I don't even get full connection speed with my 54g router/54g wireless cards 5 feet from the router/ so maybe he want to use a network cable to place the router in a better location. Line of sight is everthing with wireless and walls will kill a wireless network no flat. I get a better connection from the stop sign outside 400feet away with one wall the main house wall -brick by the way then from my room less then 40 feet away and 3 walls drywall.
  • antthisantthis Bowling Green ky
    edited December 2003
    If you ever use a router (I use cheap ass Linksys router) overtime they go bad just a note. Allso wireless suck right now. My case and point I don't even get full connection speed with my 54g router/54g wireless cards 5 feet from the router/ so maybe he want to use a network cable to place the router in a better location. Line of sight is everthing with wireless and walls will kill a wireless network no flat. I get a better connection from the stop sign outside 400feet away with one wall the main house wall -brick by the way then from my room less then 40 feet away and 3 walls drywall.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited December 2003
    I highly doubt you are getting a connection at 400 feet since most routers, linksys certainly pretty much cut out at 100 feet. Unless you put either a booster on the router or are running an amplified antena.

    That said though line of site makes little differnece it's more about the hight of the antena. I run wifi at home and at work and walls have little bearing unless they are 1'+ thick cinder block. They will cut down the signal slightly but generall it's all about range and hight of the router. The higher the router the broader the broadcast will go. It works like a ripple in a pod son the bigger the ripple the better the spread you get.
  • tophericetopherice Oak Ridge, TN
    edited December 2003
    OMFG...That chick looks like she fell out of an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Do us all a favor and change that pic...mach schnell.
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