Cable Sharing???

[jaida]

hey this is the one area that i am clueless in. I want to hook my cable up to two computers and im wondering what i need. I read some of the posts below and i figure i need a cable hub or router and hook my modem and both pcs up to the router or hub.

Can someone explain this to me or help me out here please

thanx

[jaida]

think i got this figured out a bit more but still need more help i think i will probely get a linksys cable router but the question is with the 4 way i will have no problem and can hook everything just up to that but with the 1 way i could plug my modem into the router then run a hub off a the router and connect the pcs to the hub?? i am right there

also just one more thing when i hook both computers up they will have 1 ip so if i wanted to run icq and stuff on both computers would i have to use a firewall on one so it would recieve seperate messages??


i need help thanx

[a Bill]

I don't know about ICQ because I don't use it, but you have the rest of it right. Either LinkSys will work like you said.

[jaida]

kewl thanx i guess im not totally clueless but i have just one more question how much i a performance hit will i take using each setup would the linksys 4 way lose less of a performance hit as opposed to the 1 way with a hub???


thanx again

[HARDHEAD]

Here is a good link for cable modems and dsl http://www.speedguide.net/index.shtml

[hitman]

I just got a netgear rt314 (w 4 way hub) and my friend has the rt411 (1 way). from the info we gto from http://www.timhiggins.com , the router/hub (314) had quicker transfers than the router (311) only (at least with the netgear products). this site has good reviews, Look into the netgear rt314.

[ArcAngel]

The speed on both would depend on what type of Hub you are connecting to the router, The Router/switch (4-way as you put it) would be a better bet than a (1 way) with a regular hub on it, If you currently have a SwitchHub with more than 4 ports on it, get the (1-way router) and connect it to that, If not get the 4 port router