advice needed,

I have one ADSL connection in work, connected via USB external modem single poiont access.

Can I do the following,

get an rj11 splitter, plug it into the BT box, get another ADSL modem install on another PC , run 2 lenghts of cable and share the line,

ie will it work and will the bandwith be split between the connection

thanks

jase

;D

 

no.. It wont work.

David

 

David is right of course...

Buy 2 network cards, a ADSL Router and then the machines can share the bandwidth....


Jeff

 

that's the problem,

i have over 60 pc's on the network , only want 2 of them to use the line,

thought that this would be the simplest solution

and thoughts guys

 

If you put a ADSL router in place you could then either use the routers IP filter table to only allow those 2 machines outbound or simply change those 2 machines default gateway to point at the router and leave the others without a default gateway. If your going to connect a broadband connection onto your network you really need a firewall of some describtion as well.


Jeff

 

Install some connection sharing software like WinProxy if they are on the same network.

 

what if a router is not possible,

can i just get another modem , and switch plugs when machine A or B needs to use the line

 

Yes you could but it would be a pain in the ***...There may be issues with your ISP and the constant change of devices on the circuit.


Jeff

 

I use this NAT32 Plus software

www.nat32.com

on an old pentium 75 machine running Win98. The USB modem plugs in to this machine and the software shares out the connection across the LAN to all the other PC's in my house.

The software is dead easy to set up - regardless of what you think from the web site.

 

We have used both an ADSL Flat Fish Modem with a network conection in between Pc's with no problems at all and we now have a ADSL network router hub and both Pc's conect to that,the only problem we have is the firewall is to good in net meeting/messenger, because you can't send files in those programes anymore.


Huxley

 

Not being able to send files with Messenger is a consequence of the network address translation mechanism used rather than the firewall itself.

Explanation

When one of your PC acts as a server (eg, so another msn messenger can connect to it to send a file) it is acting as a server on the Local LAN (ie, usually has a 192.168.0.xxx address). This means nothing on the other side of the router can see this machine - so no machine on Internet will be able to connect.