Cannot connect two PCs to Internet

In article <009b01c3628c$c24437e0$a501280a@phx.gbl>, "ßeaux"
<nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>In article <#fOT$anYDHA.2284@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, "Osvaldo Schteingart" <osvaldoschteingart@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>You need a router to do that. Not just a hub.

A router is one solution: it can share a cable modem connection
between the computers just like Osvaldo's previous Internet Connection
Sharing setup did.

Another possibility is to install a different NIC (internal, or
external USB) on the desktop and use Internet Connection Sharing
again.

Another possibility, using a hub (switch), is to get two IP addresses
from your cable modem provider.

I recommend a router. In the long run, it's less expensive, more
reliable, and more secure than the other solutions.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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try using a router instead of a switch, you can spoof
your main computers ip address, and will be able to give
internet acces to all your LAN computers...

ciao

>-----Original Message-----
>I have at home a desktop running Windows XP Pro and a

Notebook running

>Windows XP Home. My connection to Internet is through a

Cable Modem

>connected to the on board NIC of the desktop.
>I decided to establish a home network and I bought a

second NIC which I

>installed on one free slot of the desktop. I run all the

XP setup wizards

>and I had a connection to Internet for both machines at

the same time and I

>could see each pc from the other one. Everything OK.
>Due to the fact that I had a driver problem with the on

board Ethernet

>Adapter I decided to uninstall the second NIC, I bought

a hub (switch) and

>connect the two computers and the cable modem to the

switch. Since then I

>cannot make that the two computers connect to Internet

simultaneously. My

>ISP establish an IP automatically, to the first computer

that it sees. That

>is I can connect each computer to Internet. but not

simultaneously.

>Now I have a network between both computers. Each one

sees the other one,

>but only one can connect to Internet. I suppose that is

a configuration

>problem.
>What is wrong?. Help please.
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