Splitting My Internet - NO WIRELESS!

2007-06-26 20:30:39

#1

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|7067

So here's the deal. I am going away to college at the end of August and I don't want to have to drill any holes in my walls for cable internet in my room upstairs.

I have Comcast Cable internet downstairs (the room below mine) and the stairs are right next to this room which is convenient because I can run a cable up the side. I don't want wireless internet (connection problems with where I live) so I was wondering...what do I need to divide the cable internet running from the wall into this computer so that it still provides internet to this computer but also to the one upstairs?

Karma for answers.

2007-06-26 20:33:02

#2

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7210|Toronto | Canada

Cable -> Modem -> Router -> 2 Computers

2007-06-26 20:35:03

#3

evilcartman99: The Octagon; +18|6884|da ville, va

What he said you need a router, they are cheap, go out to Best Buy and don't let them sell you one, just buy one

2007-06-26 20:35:04

#4

Yaocelotl: :D; +221|7121|Keyboard

Winston_Churchill wrote:
Cable -> Modem -> Router -> 2 Computers

Indeed, this is the setup.

2007-06-26 20:35:05

#5

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|7067

Winston_Churchill wrote:
Cable -> Modem -> Router -> 2 Computers

I already have a wireless router. Would that mean that I just plug another ethernet cable into the back port, run it up to my computer in the upstairs and plug it into another...modem?

Edit: Fuck. I'm confused.

Last edited by MorbiD.ShoT (2007-06-26 20:36:33)

2007-06-26 20:39:36

#6

cospengle: Member; +140|6958|Armidale, NSW, Australia

Edit sorry, I miss read.

Just plug another cable into the router and plug the other end into the other computer.

/------> Computer 1
Wall -> Modem -> router
\------> Computer 2

Last edited by cospengle (2007-06-26 20:42:32)

2007-06-26 20:42:41

#7

bf2gammer: Member; +14|6692

your cable-> your modem -> your router -> "then in the back of the router there are ethernet plugs, they use ethernet cable to run to your computer"

2007-06-26 20:44:26

#8

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7237|Cambridge (UK)

MorbiD.ShoT wrote:
Winston_Churchill wrote:
Cable -> Modem -> Router -> 2 Computers
I already have a wireless router. Would that mean that I just plug another ethernet cable into the back port, run it up to my computer in the upstairs and plug it into another...modem?

Edit: Fuck. I'm confused.

Yes.

Just run an ethernet cable from a spare port on the back of your current router (it probably has the modem built in, if that's why you're confused), up the stairs, to the second computer.

Job done.

2007-06-26 20:45:04

#9

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|7067

bf2gammer wrote:
your cable-> your modem -> your router -> "then in the back of the router there are ethernet plugs, they use ethernet cable to run to your computer"

Ok, I got it now.

But on this computer, I have a USB ethernet connector. Do I need another for my other computer or is there an ethernet plug on the back somewhere? It hasn't arrived yet that's why I am asking.

2007-06-26 20:46:23

#10

bf2gammer: Member; +14|6692

MorbiD.ShoT wrote:
bf2gammer wrote:
your cable-> your modem -> your router -> "then in the back of the router there are ethernet plugs, they use ethernet cable to run to your computer"
Ok, I got it now.

But on this computer, I have a USB ethernet connector. Do I need another for my other computer or is there an ethernet plug on the back somewhere? It hasn't arrived yet that's why I am asking.

yes on the back of the computer there is an ethernet port

2007-06-26 20:53:11

#11

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7237|Cambridge (UK)

bf2gammer wrote:
MorbiD.ShoT wrote:
bf2gammer wrote:
your cable-> your modem -> your router -> "then in the back of the router there are ethernet plugs, they use ethernet cable to run to your computer"
Ok, I got it now.

But on this computer, I have a USB ethernet connector. Do I need another for my other computer or is there an ethernet plug on the back somewhere? It hasn't arrived yet that's why I am asking.
yes on the back of the computer there is an ethernet port

There should be.

2007-06-26 20:57:26

#12

bf2gammer: Member; +14|6692

hope that helped

2007-06-26 20:58:15

#13

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|7067

bf2gammer wrote:
hope that helped

It did, thanks. All Karma'd.

I'll be at Best Buy the day it comes and I'll let you all know how it works out.

2007-06-27 08:08:48

#14

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7188|Riva, MD

You need a Router or Ethernet HUB, look on eBay, they have really good prices for both.

Last edited by _j5689_ (2007-06-27 08:09:22)

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