How should I set up my home network?

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Use a router that provides NAT instead of your switch. It will "look like" a single computer to your cable company, but you can connect multiple computers to the router.

hello
i am trying to set up a LAN between 2 computers in my house, i have connected both pc's to the router and the router to the modem, i have tryed to create a connection but i have failed in every attempt.
some advise as to how i should proceed would be very helpfull
THANKS

Hard to say without more details. My first suggestion is can you get one computer working without the router? If so, check the setup against the diagrams included in this article. If you still have problems report back with some of the specific symptoms and equipment used.

Hi. I have a Linksys wireless B setup and two laptops. It's working great. My question is, is there a way to the main laptop to be wireless as well, without having it plugged in via ethernet cable to the router? It would be great to have both laptops with no cables attached. Thanks, Brian

Sure. All you should need is a wireless adapter for that second laptop if it doesn't already have one (which I'm assuming). They typically plug into the pcmcia (pccard) slot, but there are now also inexpensive USB wireless adapters that work very well also.

I only have one computer but I am on Comcast high speed internet full broadband. My question is I have NOD32 and windows xp service pack 2 and also McAfee firewall should I get a firewall router also. Most tect's say yes but not sure what to do what do you think??????? Thanks

People's opinions vary on this. In general only one is enough. I tend to like hardware firewalls because they keep the load off of your PC. Software firewalls will check outgoing traffic, though, which most hardware firewalls do not.

Hi i have two computers, a desktop and a laptop, they are both connected to a linksys router via ethernet. The linkysys router is also connected to a cable modem. Both my computers are connected to the internet but i cant seem to get them on the same network. Both computers have different ip adresses but have the same workgroup and different names. I also want to be able to disconet my laptop from the linksys router because it has wireless and stil be connected to the same network with my desktop.

i have a dlink di624. how many wireless connections can i achieve for my router??

Many. I think the logical limit is something like 32, 64 or 128, but in reality you'll be limited by bandwidth first. I've seen routers start to get confused at around 30 connections ... but even that starts to depend on the specific router.

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