wooohoooo!!!! @HOME cable modems RULE!!!!!!!! i can never go back to that 56k junk

I have a DSL modem but i also have a bootleg wireless link to my schools T1. I created a wireless link with a router and some cisco antenas. I use VPN to encrypt it. Dont tell the school. It is super fast.

Hey David......
 

I heard on the news that Comcast and Insight have like 3 months to make their own servers or internet service or something.......and if they cant they will be hurting like excite@home.....

Re: Hey David......
 

yeah, thats what they have been telling us for a while. hopefully they will get it done in time. the alternative they were offering was NetZero. Febuary 28 is the official LAST day of Excite@HOME


fingers still crossed

Who checked the other box on the survey?! and what do u have?

Concerning the "other" option...

Other could also mean satelite
One of my friends have that and like it, as for me I have a 56k @ both my mom and dad's houses, a slow T1 @ work (sharing bandwidth with multiple company locations sucks) and a very nice T1 @ college!!!

I am looking into making a network at home for two computers with a cable modem, does anyone know how I go about doing this??? What hardware do I need on the computers and also what other hardware do I need?
Both the computers already have a network card.

ah i see now...ok...i was worried that someone still uses 28.8 or something slower

I am proud owner of the almighty "56K Modem That Actually Gets 56K"! OK, not exactly 56K, but still up there.

New DSL users here, we just transferedfrom 56k a few weeks ago, you got to love broadband connections, also we are running a wireless D-link router in my house now so that all 3 of our computers have the DSL works pretty well 95% of the time.

Brian Savitt

If both computer already have NIC Cards, then all you really need is a switch and the cable modem that you probably are required to use from your provider. Other than that, the cable company should be able to answer any questions you might have about it.

~Tom Fairchild~

As Tom said, you could go out and get a switch, but then you'll have to pay your provider an extra $5 or so per month for multiple IP's. I'd recommend getting a router instead. It allows you to use only 1 IP from your ISP, and it provides more security. What the router does is isolate your LAN from the rest of the world. If any hacker-wannabees try to get at your computer, they'll have to go through the router first. Plus you can open up file sharing on your computers and not worry about other people seeing your files. The only drawback is it's more complex to set up, and you may have to do some fancy (but easy) work to set up some apps that make direct connections to other computers (like AIM). A decent site for beginners is www.practicallynetworked.com

Mike

as i answered in the poll i have a 56k connection but it is a very nice connection. We had to get a special line all the way out to where we live in my town just to get it for my dad's computer, so we have a direct connection. Lately we have been looking into Cable Connection for all of our other computers but that will take a little longer unfortunately:(

Actually, it's not quite that complicated.

Just spend 80 bucks, and buy a NetGear Cable/DSL router. It'll do everything automagicily. I've been using it for about 4 months now to share my cable modem with 3 other people.