How should I set up my home network?

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I have started a new business. I have a laptop connected to the internet via cable. I have no land line in my home, I just have a cell. In order to connect to home office the program they have supplied me with to transmit statements is dial up. Obviously I have no dial tone to connect. Is there a way of connecting with my cable modem to their dial up modem?

I would like to ask if you could clarify regarding what you said about the configuration of connecting from the isp to the router. what is exactly do we need to know for our provider to get a compatible router. thanks

Ana: not really. You can't just dial a cell phone into a line expecting a "normal" modem. At least I've never been able to :-). In general what I do instead is use a data connection between my cell phone and laptop (exactly how depends on the phone and your cell provider). Bonus is that you get higher speeds that way.

Ria: you really need to ask you provider what it is they need. Big decisions are are Cable versus DSL, but even within those, there are alternatives that affect what type of equipment you'll need. Again, your ISP should tell you.

I have just set up two pc's with a wireless router. Does any actions carried out by one pc affect the other. (e.g. A one time registration for something online on one pc but not being able to carry out the same registration on the other).

It depends on the 'actions' you're talking about. But in general, no, machines do not affect each other that way. Registration in particular is one that remains unique to each machine.

Hi there. I am wondering if I can direct connect two computers to each other without a router. Namely an old win95 laptop to a winxp desktop. Both have Ethernet cards etc

This article may help: http://ask-leo.com/can_i_network_two_computers_with_just_a_cable.html

Hi
I have a computer connected to the internet by 56k, How can i share this connection to intenet through a Linksys Wireless-B Broadband Router?

Thanks

Not easily. A broadband router expects to be connected to a broadband connection.

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