adsl modem (router, switch) was digest 270

[Jim Cornette]

Mirco Scara wrote:

>  Hi there guys, I urgently need advice on how to set up a home network
>  between 2 computers both dual bootingWINXP and Fedora 4 both on
>  separate internal hard disks. Both are connected via ethernet to a
>  ZOOM adsl router and the router is obviously connected to a
>  hub/switch from which the two separate ethernet cables go to the two
>  separate ethernet cards on the two separate computers. Now the
>  problem is:
>
>  Both computers can get connected to the internet at one time but
>  never together at the same time.

This problem sounds like you have a high speed modem hooked to a 4-port 
switch. If  you have a router, it gets the one IP address from your ISP 
(hooked to modem) and on the other end assigns different IP addresses to 
each computer in a local area address band. The computers then should 
both be able to connect to the Internet.

If you only have a switch / hub, you only get the ISP assigned address 
and only one computer gets the connection. I know someone that bought 
two seperate IP addresses from their ISP and still had trouble when 
using a switch instead of a router.

Replace the hub with a router. They are fairly inexpensive.

Jim

>
>  Is there any document on the net I can read so that I can shed some
>  light onto this LAN TUNNELL??????
>
>  THANKS A LOT
>
>
>  MIRCO
>