Helo with Broadband please (a tale of two computers)

[Wraithen]

OK, so I've had broadband for a while now, and recently my brother bought a PC and wants to hook it up too. I'm on Wanadoo with a USB modem and the only way to sort this out that I can see is to run a network cable from my PC to his (or go wireless if he feels like paying for it) so he can go online. The only thing is, my PC has to be turned on for him to be able to use the broadband. We'd also have problems if I was playing a certain processor intensive game and didn't want to keep the connection and virus checkers turned on.

So is there another way round this? Would it work if he bought a broadband modem and went direct to the phone line, or would this limit the number of people who can connect?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[Cole]

-You could leave your computer on, if you use a LAN. That will allow as long as your computer is on, he can play it. He will set up his internet connection so he travels through yours.

Another Option...
-Do you use a cable to connect to your Cable Modem?
--If you there should be a little thing you can buy where you can hook 2 in at once(Like You connect the thing into the cable modem then you can connect the wires from the computers into that thing). This will allow when one computer is offline the other computer can be connected, etc..


I'd go with the LAN. As long as your computer is up he can use his computer to play online.

 

[WySiWyG]

or get a cheapo router and some massive ethernet cables..

 

[Wraithen]

Thanks Minerel, but I was hoping for a solution that wouldn't require me to leave my computer on all the time (loud computer and thin walls) or always have it connected (I like to shut down virus checkers and such things when I play nice looking games). As for the divider suggestion (and this over-use of brackets is where I say that this applies to WySiWyG's suggestion too) I don't think it would work as the modem enters my PC through a USB cable.

Thanks anyway.

 

[01000101]

I'm not sure what "Wanadoo" is, but I'm guessing you either have Cable or xDSL hookup. What you should do is go out and buy an NIC card for your computer - your brother should do the same if he doesn't have one, and buy a switch or a Linksys/Dlink, whatever, router with switch/hub ports. Run Cat 5 cables from both NIC cards to the router and then hook another cat 5 from the WAN port on the router to your modem.


Your modem should have an RJ-45 port on the back.

 

[TrippyG]

it's still cheaper to buy a router

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Get a router or switch...then both of you will be happy.

 

[VirusType2]

Get a router or switch...then both of you will be happy.

yeh he's right

LOL nah man you dont have to have your computer on.

Ive got about 7 things hooked up to my broadband...
...3 PC's 2 XBOX's 2 playstations.


but all you need is a "workgroups switch",
mine is Lynksys brand

I don't see this things at many department stores.

Stores that only carry computers will have it. its like 30-40 dollars and you can hook up 5 systems into it.

Sadly, there's no way to avoid him tapping into "your" bandwidth.

I can tell when my brother is using the internet, I take what seems is a 50% hit in surfing, download speeds.

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Shit, there is about 10 or so pc's on my network at home...never get hit, even if 3 people are playing on VALVe mp games...

 

[jondy]

10 PC's, 3 people playing VALVe games, no network hit - your last name isn't Gates, is it? :O

 

[VirusType2]

Shit, there is about 10 or so pc's on my network at home...never get hit, even if 3 people are playing on VALVe mp games...

Lucky
You must live near the city
What is your connection speed?
We have broadband cable but I think the best I can get is ~294k
I mean it runs pretty glitch free on mp games and downloads are fast.

Kick a bull in the nuts, that would be funny.. for a second

 

[Wraithen]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

However.

Don't they rely on my modem being connected to my PC through a network style cable? Would a router be able to accept a USB input? I didn't think it would be viable as that's how the modem is connected to my PC at the moment. The only other option I thought might work would be if he bought a broadband modem and plugged that into a phone line.

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

3mbps road runner..I've also had about 4 pc's preload hl2 and could surf the net fine...I dunno it seems odd to me

 

[briggsb2k]

Wraithen my cousin has Wanadoo broadband and theres a slot in the back of the cable modem to hook in a CAT5 cable. I got him to a buy a router from overclockers.co.uk and i bought some cheap CAT5 cables from PCWorld. Forget about the USB cable, you can connect the modem to the router using the CAT5 cable. When you do this you take the CAT5 cable supplied with the router and plug that into you computers Ethernet port. Once you've done this take another CAT5 cable and hook it into the router and the other end into your brothers PC. Now as long as you have a power supply for both the broadband modem and the router, your main PC doesnt have to be on, and if you wanna disable your antivirus software its fine cuz most routers have hardware firewalls built into them. Good luck! My cousin has had no problems thus far.

 

[The Dark Elf]

OK, so I've had broadband for a while now, and recently my brother bought a PC and wants to hook it up too. I'm on Wanadoo with a USB modem and the only way to sort this out that I can see is to run a network cable from my PC to his (or go wireless if he feels like paying for it) so he can go online. The only thing is, my PC has to be turned on for him to be able to use the broadband. We'd also have problems if I was playing a certain processor intensive game and didn't want to keep the connection and virus checkers turned on.

So is there another way round this? Would it work if he bought a broadband modem and went direct to the phone line, or would this limit the number of people who can connect?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

just buy a router, plug the CM into the router, the two PC's into the router. sorted.. Make sure you get some network cards and cables though. And go for Linksys, pretty much works straight off the bat.

Depending on your ISP you might have to clone the MAC address, and also make sure your even allowed more than one PC for a connection, I know NTL don't allow more than two or three.