looking at sorting out my network mainly coz its been basicly a wire on the floor for about a yr or so now
it was just gamming so its bnc which was fine at the time

now im looking at new network totaly
got network cards in all computers
just woundering what the best way of doing this will be
best equipment etc
will be having 4 computers and one cable modem

Nic in each computer and a router for these 4 computers plus the cable modem to plug in too.

Let the router assign DHCP address's to the 4 computers and thats basically it.

Linksys BEFSR41



http://linksys.com/Products/product.asp?gr...scid=29&prid=20

Easy, Simple and works like a charm!

and the Linksys BEFSR41 is a good one?
coz it dont come cheep
not when u a student
coz i can ummmm borrow :wink: cable form college
and nics

so all i need to buy is that

all done got 2 computers up and running seems to be running faster


anyway theres always one isnt there so just got that one to sort out

switch it on it says theres internet but nothing happens

Those are all we install bob, we never have any trouble with them. Your right they are not cheap.

On the cheap I'd put two nic's in one machine and IPMasq everyone else through that one. All then you need is a cheap hub or switch.

The only trouble with that is the machine with two nics has to stay on for the others to have access the internet...

looks like ive got a duff nic card in one of my computers

it seems to be seen by the computer its in it seems to detect the internet sometimes and then not and sometimes it doesnt even see itself

ive tried it in diffrent computers ive tried diffrent conections to the router bothe cable and interface socket thingy and the same problem

unless u can think of anything else

coz the router cable and everything else works for 2 out of 3 computers

NIC's are a dime a dozen. You have proven that the problem is with the faulty nic so ditch it and get a cheapo nic anywhere

a dime a dozen maybe...but i live in a crappy town which hasnt got any in stock

ordered one yay