dannychuckle
09-09-2004, 12:12 PM
Its that time of year when I move house again! I'm gonna be living with a friend for a while on the other side of the city - means I don't have to sign a contract so I'm free to move away when I find a job worth moving for!
Anyway, I don't think she'll let me run wires all over the flat somehow, and the internet access point will be on the other side of the flat, so I'm not sure what to do. I also want to keep costs to a minimum, although I do have some stuff to ebay to cover some of my costs (Efficient Networks 5891 ADSL modem/router/hub/firewall, working P2 400 PC, an AMD K6-2 500 with mobo and some RAM and a 15' monitor). My plan is to have wireless 801.11g router with built in 4 port hub by the connection point and have my music/FaD server patched into it (it'll have to be quiet and hidden in a cupboard tho!). I'm not sure if I'm gonna have broadband or dial-up yet - don't really want to pay a £60 connection fee if I'm only gonna be there a few months.
I can then have my main PC in my room, with a wireless NIC. Kel (who I'm moving in with) has a P4 1800 that has FaD on, but no internet connection, so I might get a wireless NIC for that as well (would only need to be 11b to keep costs down).
My problem is I'm gonna want to connect more than one PC up in my room. I was thinking I could plug my hub into the onboard NIC and use Internet Connection Sharing... can anyone think of a better way?
Anyway, I don't think she'll let me run wires all over the flat somehow, and the internet access point will be on the other side of the flat, so I'm not sure what to do. I also want to keep costs to a minimum, although I do have some stuff to ebay to cover some of my costs (Efficient Networks 5891 ADSL modem/router/hub/firewall, working P2 400 PC, an AMD K6-2 500 with mobo and some RAM and a 15' monitor). My plan is to have wireless 801.11g router with built in 4 port hub by the connection point and have my music/FaD server patched into it (it'll have to be quiet and hidden in a cupboard tho!). I'm not sure if I'm gonna have broadband or dial-up yet - don't really want to pay a £60 connection fee if I'm only gonna be there a few months.
I can then have my main PC in my room, with a wireless NIC. Kel (who I'm moving in with) has a P4 1800 that has FaD on, but no internet connection, so I might get a wireless NIC for that as well (would only need to be 11b to keep costs down).
My problem is I'm gonna want to connect more than one PC up in my room. I was thinking I could plug my hub into the onboard NIC and use Internet Connection Sharing... can anyone think of a better way?