[OT] PC Network Help Needed Please

The task before me is to figure out how to hook up two computers (mine and
Dave's) to use the same internet connection. I have a router but am not sure
what has to be done and my ISP says it cannot help. They did say the modem
has to be "put into bridge mode" but I have no idea what that means.

If someone here has experience with this kind of issue and wouldn't mind
talking with me on the phone about it, please email me c/o patricia251 (at)
centurytel (dot) net.

Pat kirjoitti:
The task before me is to figure out how to hook up two computers (mine and
Dave's) to use the same internet connection. I have a router but am not sure
what has to be done and my ISP says it cannot help. They did say the modem
has to be "put into bridge mode" but I have no idea what that means.

If someone here has experience with this kind of issue and wouldn't mind
talking with me on the phone about it, please email me c/o patricia251 (at)
centurytel (dot) net.


The simplest solution would be if your router/modem allows for two
computers to connect to it, like my parents' one does, and mine actually
too, though we only have this one comp now. In this case one just plugs
both outgoing cables from comp to modem and start surfing. But when it
gets more complicated, I'm afraid I can't help...

--
Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com

"Christine BA" wrote

| The simplest solution would be if your router/modem allows for two
| computers to connect to it, like my parents' one does, and mine actually
| too, though we only have this one comp now. In this case one just plugs
| both outgoing cables from comp to modem and start surfing. But when it
| gets more complicated, I'm afraid I can't help...

This router has 5 connections for ethernet cables, 4 of which are together
in a group and one off by itself. I would have tried what you suggest except
that I don't know which cable to connect where.

"Pat" wrote in message
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The task before me is to figure out how to hook up two computers (mine and
Dave's) to use the same internet connection. I have a router but am not
sure
what has to be done and my ISP says it cannot help. They did say the modem
has to be "put into bridge mode" but I have no idea what that means.

If someone here has experience with this kind of issue and wouldn't mind
talking with me on the phone about it, please email me c/o patricia251
(at)
centurytel (dot) net.


Hi pat This should be simple here I go this easiest way know how to do
it.

Unplug the power cord from your cable modem and router

Take the cable Ethernet cable that leads to your computer right now from the
cable modem or the wall depending if you have DSL. Not the cable line
itself. Un hook it from the back of your computer plug it into your router
port marked cable or Ethernet connection; it might be marked the name of the
router BUT NOT THE WAN port. it should be the one on the opposite side of
the power cord side. Connect a new separate Ethernet cable to your computer
than the other end to port one and his cable to port two or available spot.
Make sure you plug your new line back into your computer. Plug in the cable
modem power cord let it start up plug in the router power cord it should
find them automatically. You may have to restart the computer.

Now once you have done this if you have a problem your tech support for
your provider will have to help you and if they sound like some one
reading a card ask for a higher tech


Ethernet cable looks like thick phone cord and has phone cord ends

Pat kirjoitti:
"Christine BA" wrote

| The simplest solution would be if your router/modem allows for two
| computers to connect to it, like my parents' one does, and mine actually
| too, though we only have this one comp now. In this case one just plugs
| both outgoing cables from comp to modem and start surfing. But when it
| gets more complicated, I'm afraid I can't help...

This router has 5 connections for ethernet cables, 4 of which are together
in a group and one off by itself. I would have tried what you suggest except
that I don't know which cable to connect where.


Mine is a TeleWell and also has 4 + 1 connections. The 4 are labled
L1-L4 and the cable from my comp goes into L1. When I was with my ex, we
had the connections L1 and L2 in use for our comps. The one separate is
labled DSL and has the cable from the router to the wall socket.
Would the site of the manufacturer of your router have some information
as to what to plug where? It's obvious it's capable of multiple comps
with all those connections provided.
Good luck!

--
Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com

"Matthew" wrote

| Take the cable Ethernet cable that leads to your computer right now from
the
| cable modem or the wall depending if you have DSL. Not the cable line
| itself. Un hook it from the back of your computer plug it into your
router
| port marked cable or Ethernet connection; it might be marked the name of
the
| router BUT NOT THE WAN port. it should be the one on the opposite side
of
| the power cord side. Connect a new separate Ethernet cable to your
computer
| than the other end to port one and his cable to port two or available
spot.
| Make sure you plug your new line back into your computer. Plug in the
cable
| modem power cord let it start up plug in the router power cord it
should
| find them automatically.

It's a DSL modem and the plug coming from the wall has a jack going into the
modem that's quite a bit smaller than the ethernet plug. There's no ethernet
cable coming from the wall. That is why I am confused. I don't understand
your instructions because I can't separate the DSL instruction from the
cable instructions and I have no idea what a "WAN port" is. But it does
sound like I need an additional (third) ethernet cable....

On 2/19/2009 12:02 PM, Pat wrote:
"Christine wrote

| The simplest solution would be if your router/modem allows for two
| computers to connect to it, like my parents' one does, and mine actually
| too, though we only have this one comp now. In this case one just plugs
| both outgoing cables from comp to modem and start surfing. But when it
| gets more complicated, I'm afraid I can't help...

This router has 5 connections for ethernet cables, 4 of which are together
in a group and one off by itself. I would have tried what you suggest except
that I don't know which cable to connect where.


Just plug Ethernet cables from the two computers into any of the four
ports and you are good to go.

--
Nik Simpson

Hi Pat -

Is your DSL modem separate from your router?

If it is, you'll want to leave the DSL modem plugged in to the phone
jack on your wall. You should have a larger ethernet jack on the
modem. You'll need to connect from the WAN port on the router to the
ethernet jack on the DSL modem.

Both computers would hook to open ports on the router, *not* the WAN
port.

So, you'd need three ethernet cables.

If your DSL modem and router are all one unit, all you really need to
do is plug both computers in to open ports. If there is still one
labeled "WAN", don't plug a computer in to that one.

Hope that helps somewhat, or followup if there's missing information.

Purrs-

Chris
Pat wrote:
The task before me is to figure out how to hook up two computers (mine and
Dave's) to use the same internet connection. I have a router but am not sure
what has to be done and my ISP says it cannot help. They did say the modem
has to be "put into bridge mode" but I have no idea what that means.

If someone here has experience with this kind of issue and wouldn't mind
talking with me on the phone about it, please email me c/o patricia251 (at)
centurytel (dot) net.

Pardon my own followup....

The WAN port is the one off by itself.

Let me know the model of your modem and router and I
can look in to the "bridge" function. It may not be
necessary but that will depend on the model.

C
Chris H wrote:
Hi Pat -

Is your DSL modem separate from your router?

If it is, you'll want to leave the DSL modem plugged in to the phone
jack on your wall. You should have a larger ethernet jack on the
modem. You'll need to connect from the WAN port on the router to the
ethernet jack on the DSL modem.

Both computers would hook to open ports on the router, *not* the WAN
port.

So, you'd need three ethernet cables.

If your DSL modem and router are all one unit, all you really need to
do is plug both computers in to open ports. If there is still one
labeled "WAN", don't plug a computer in to that one.

Hope that helps somewhat, or followup if there's missing information.

Purrs-

Chris
Pat wrote:
The task before me is to figure out how to hook up two computers (mine
and Dave's) to use the same internet connection. I have a router but
am not sure what has to be done and my ISP says it cannot help. They
did say the modem has to be "put into bridge mode" but I have no idea
what that means.

If someone here has experience with this kind of issue and wouldn't
mind talking with me on the phone about it, please email me c/o
patricia251 (at) centurytel (dot) net.

In article ,
"Pat" wrote:

The task before me is to figure out how to hook up two computers (mine and
Dave's) to use the same internet connection. I have a router but am not sure
what has to be done and my ISP says it cannot help. They did say the modem
has to be "put into bridge mode" but I have no idea what that means.

It looks like they're making up their own terminology.

The router is usually responsible for giving IP numbers to the computers
connected. These numbers look like the ones used for Internet sites but
they're only used by your local network - this machine has a local IP
number of 192.168.1.34 but there are millions of computers all round the
world using the same number. The router itself has an external IP number,
which may be fixed ("static IP") or else a new one may may be allocated
by your ISP every time you turn the router on. The computers connected
to the router don't need anything set up manually to use that number.

You need to connect to the router to configure it. Usually this is done
with a web browser - you type the router's local IP address into your
browser to get into it (that local IP address should be on the box the
roter came in, and there will also be a password, which will probably be
something like "1234" - you should change it to something unguessable
straight away). For most computers on most local networks what you need
to do is set up both the router and the computers connecting to it so
they both use DHCP (this means the router thinks up numbers and hands
them out when machines start up - no two machines ever have the same
number at the same time, but the numbers they get may change each time
they start up).

If that doesn't work you may need to use "static" addressing. That way,
you set the machine's local IP address and it never changes.

I ended up with our local network using "DHCP with static addressing" -
I've absolutely no idea what that means but it was the only option that
worked.

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