Newbie networker

[bumblebee_tuna]

I have two machines i want to network to a cable modem, i am thinking of getting the netgear sb105 network starter kit. I would like to know if there are any tips or suggestions that may help me.

System 1:

AMD Athlon 650Mhz Slot A
Gigabyte GA7ZXE Mobo
Fujitsu 20.4Gb HDD
LS120
CD ROM
Matrox G400 Dual Head AGP
128Mb RAM
SB Live! Player 1024

System 2:

AMD Athlon 1Ghz Socket A
Asus A7v VIA KT133 ATA 100 Mobo
ATI Radeon 64Mb ViVo AGP
Creative CD-RW 8-4-32
IBM Deskstar 46Gb HDD
512 Mb RAM

Operating System:

Windows Millenium Edition

[This message has been edited by bumblebee_tuna (edited 03-26-2001).]

[jamis]

I'd suggest the Linksys 4port CableModem/DSL router and 2 10/100 PCI network cards.

The router has a 4 port switch built in, so no need of a hub, and the router will share the internet connection between the computers.

Just plug the cable modem into the router, a NIC into each machine, then hook each machine to the router. Configure the computer for DHCP and let the router do all the work.