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| Thread ID: 70377 | 2006-07-01 08:52:00 | Broadband internet connection sharing | Michael8 (7034) | Press F1 |
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| 467618 | 2006-07-03 06:46:00 | PBTech (pbtech.co.nz) have an 8 port switch for $33 so they are not dear. I bought one recently and it makes sharing everything so easy. Power consumption is less than 4 watts so its only going to cost you about 20 cents per week to run! | andy (473) | ||
| 467619 | 2006-07-04 11:23:00 | Thanks for all your help. I've decided to try out some PCI cards which I've found in an old server as someone suggested that I could add another network card into the host computer. There are 2 cards that I have found but I'm not sure if they can be used as network cards. I inserted the cards into my computer and looked up the name in device manager. The name of one card is 'cabletron DE500B PCI Fast ethernet Adapter(21143-PC)' and the other is '3Com 3C996B 10/100/1000 Server NIC'. Does anyone know if these can be used as network cards for my home network? Michael |
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| 467620 | 2006-07-05 13:39:00 | I endorse the cheap network switch idea as that is what I use now . But I have previously tried to do what you wanted after having no luck with Internet Connection Sharing and sought advice on this forum . Drcspy suggested the use of AnalogX, a freeware program available here ( . analogx . com/contents/download/network/proxy . htm" target="_blank">www . analogx . com) . I used it and found it was really good and easy to use, I was most impressed . The downfall as suggested earlier is that the main machine must be on, but I found that the second machine was only on when the first one was being used anyway . And its free, the best kind . |
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