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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: Yoshimbo on October 26, 2006, 08:54:04 AM
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I'm having a big problem trying to share the internet at my home.
I'm using a Linksys Fast Ethernet 10/100 5 port hub.
I just got a cable connection coming in and it's going from wall to cable modem to hub to the laptop.
Now the laptop has internet fine, but we're trying to get it into the desktop in the living room.
We have a 25 foot Cat5 from the hub to the ethernet port on the desktop.
But no internet.
I know i'm forgetting to do something, but i don't know what it is, plz hlp.
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Have you accessed the hub and told it to allow the 2nd computer?
If you still have the instructions that came with it you should be able to access the hub.
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Also depending on the hub, if it does not have a specific port, or does not automatically configure for an incomming line, i.e you use one of the 5 ports, you may need to make your incomming line from the cable modem a crossover. A router on the other hand has a designated port on the back for the incomming line to share the connection.
Used a hub when cable first came out and had to make a crossover cable to get the systems to use the same internet connection.
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When you set up your router, and network in windows DO NOT use the Internet Connection Services in the wizard. Select "other" and then the menu will allow you to select the router.
Balsy
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your gonna have to change the "Hub/switch" to a routor ...
I had the same problem yrs ago
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The fact the the laptop works fine rules out any connectivity issues between the Internet and the hub. There are a couple of things that could be the cause.
Is the hub's link light for the second PC on? That will show if there is connectivity. If so, skip the next question.
Does the cable to the second PC work when used on the laptop? If so, that means the cable is good. You may have a bad port on the hub.
Is the second PC configured to use DHCP to get an IP address? It must use DHCP to get an IP address from your provider.
How many IP addresses does your provider allow you to have? If you turn off the laptop, does the second PC get access to the Internet? If so, your provider is only allowing one IP address at a time. You'll need a firewall/router to get more than one PC at a time, or pay your ISP more to have multiple computers on the Internet.
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
your gonna have to change the "Hub/switch" to a routor ...
I had the same problem yrs ago
Roscoroo is right, you need a router. The router will assign IPs to each computer on your network and will route the right data to the right computer. A hub will not do this.
You can use a hub to connect other PCs to your internet connection. You need to have one PC act as a server. The other computers need to connect to the server with the hub. It requires two net cards in your server computer. One card connects to the modem, the other to the hub. The server needs to be on for the other computers to access the internet.
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I KNEW we should've got the router instead! dang
Is the second PC configured to use DHCP to get an IP address? It must use DHCP to get an IP address from your provider.
it should be, where would i check?
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there is a "software" solution. You could use a program like Proxy+ (http://www.proxyplus.net/) and set it up that why. Before I got my router "in the old days" that was how I got my wifes computer on-line while I was flying, so she would leave me alone :)
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Originally posted by The Fugitive
there is a "software" solution. You could use a program like Proxy+ (http://www.proxyplus.net/) and set it up that why. Before I got my router "in the old days" that was how I got my wifes computer on-line while I was flying, so she would leave me alone :)
I think XP has a proxy server. You just follow the instructions in the wizard on the way your PCs are connected to the internet and it will install what you need.
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tx for all the hlp, the internet is now officially shared, mwaha!