How should I set up my home network?

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"Not sure why you can't use your router. I'd try internet - to hub, and then the TB gateway to one port on the hub, and the Router's internet side to another port on the hub. Other computers can connect to the hub if they want, or to the router."

I know that. But if my computers are connected to the router, they will all have the same IP address. As I said, the reason I got the hub is so that the computers will have different IP addresses. The locally assigned ip addresses the router provides to the network don't go any further than the local network. I want all the computers to continue to have separate IP addresses, but I also want the security and networking features of the router. Is there a way to accomplish this?

Jason

Ah. I see what you mean.

The very short answer is no ... the security features that routers present are in large part *because* they assign local IP addresses to the computers behind them, and "look like" one IP address on the internet. If you need to actually appear as separate addresses on the internet, then by definition you are bypassing much of the security provided by these routers. (Yes high end routers can do more, but I'm assuming a several thousand dollar programmable device is not what you had in mind.)

If you really need separate IP addresses on the internet for each machine, I would just use the hub, and make sure that each machine has appropriate firewall software installed and enabled.

I've just bought a new lap top & i want to use wireless using DSL connection which is connected to my PC at home? Because am currently living near colledge in the same town and my parents can't affort to pay for another internet connection for me due to my sister at home who also need the internet. "Can i surf the net in the cormfort of my flat using the network set up at home?". Hope you understand what i mean :)

Hi
I've read the whole article but none of them is having a more or less same problem.They all got PC's and lap tops connected in their homes.But mine will be from the PC at home to my lap top at college.

Let me put it this way, do i need to be in the same erea of connection to be able to use the internet?

If I understand your question correctly ... yes. Wifi has a range of around 300 feet at best, quite often far less.

Hi Leo,
I have a ethernet hub (and NO router). My DSL modem, PC1 and PC2 are all connected to the hub. Each individual PC is thus able to setup seperate Internet sessions. My PCs both have XP PRO and they each have their own firewall enabled (one is Norton and the other Windows firewall). However I'm not able to use the networking wizard to setup home networking based on the above config. Can you kindly offer some advice. All I want to do as a minimum is Printer sharing. File sharing is a nice to have but not required. Thanks.

In all honesty ... replacing the hub with a router is by far the quickest and easiest way to get that to work.

My question is similar to several of above, but different.

Sharing a printer?

I have a 2Wire 1000HW wireless gateway. Their website claims this is an integrated "one-box solution, featuring a high performance ADSL modem, super-fast router, professional-grade firewall, and flexible home networking options including a HyperG wireless access point."

It has one USB and one ethernet port on the back of it, neither of which I need, since both my wife and I connect to it via wireless with our laptops.

My question is: can I attach my HP1200 Laserjet directly to this gateway with a USB cable (the printer has a USB port), and then print to it from either laptop, wirelessly? I figure, since the 2Wire is a router, it should be able to do this. Any thoughts??

It depends on the printer. In the past, printers needed to be connected to a computer. Newer printers are sometimes coming "network ready", which means that they have just enough computer inside them already to handle communicating on the network by themselves. If that's the case, then you should be able to connect the printer to the router.

From what I've been able to determine, the HP Laserjet 1200 is NOT network ready ... it apparently needs to plug into either a computer, or some kind of network server device that HP can provide (for a fee, no doubt).

Hi Leo

It is possible to add a wireless network connection onto a shared line, you see, the scenario is, the network connection is coming from another location,( CAT5) through a router, a network line is then made available to another area. I want to add 2 more "wireless" connections from that line. Currently, I can add a cat5 link to both new pc'c, but need to know how to achieve this by wireless networking.

I hope you can help.

Kind regards

Dilip

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