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Sharing my DSL connection between my Mac and my PC?
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Join Date: May 2001
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I have got an Athlon XP3200+ home build PC (Dual Lan, 10/100) that I do most of my work on these days hooked up to an Speedtouch ADSL USB modem for my 512k connection.
Thing is, I just bought a Dual 450 Powermac and want to share the same connection.
I have the following equipment, and want to find out if a connection is possible, and how I should do it!
1 USB ADSL modem,
1 Alcatel 510 Ethernet Modem/Router. (Not currently in use)
Stacks of Cat 5,
Any advice would be gratefully received...
Cheers,
Marc
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Does your Alcatel 510 just have the one port or four?
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You could go with an ethernet modem to replace your USB modem, then get a router. The router would connect to your dsl modem's ethernet port, and your two computers to the router. This way you'd be able to easily share the dsl connection AND create a LAN for file or printer sharing among the mac and pc.
what os is on the pc? xp pro? I have a cable connection and the cable folks authenticate with the XP box's MAC address. I have two NICs, and use the second to jack into a router, whereby I can share it to any other computer (or networked device, like my replaytv) connecting through the router.
In general, however, ethernet modems are far more flexible and compatible than usb-based modems. I recommend exchanging the usb for ethernet or outright purchasing an ethernet modem.
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Join Date: May 2001
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The 510 v3 is an ethernet router/modem combined... It has 4 ethernet 'output' ports.
The problem is that I know nothing about networking with PCs!
I used to run 3 Macs off the 510 via cat 5 cables and things just 'worked'. I had 8 static Ip addresses and just allocated one to each Mac, but I'm dynamic now, and also don't know how it will work if I plug a PC in...
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
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What OS are you running on the PC. It's not too difficult to network with a PC, but the steps to follow are different depending on which version of Windows you're using-and MUCH different if you're using something else!
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Glenn -----
OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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I have a Netgear Wireless ethernet modem/router with 4 ports and I simply connected the pc to one of the ports and the Mac to another and it all works perfectly.
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