As I said, I need to network the two computer systems so that I can use internet on both the systems. The catch is that I am using only one LAN connection, therefore, I only have one IP on the entire network. I, however, want to use internet on both the systems at the same time. If there is any specific device I would want, please tell. Also, if you know there is more than one possibility, please tell them all. If possible, highlight all the solutions with an illustrious drawing so that I can understand it fully. Any other details if someone who thinks he can do it wants, I am more than willing to provide.
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best and cost effective way is to get a wireless router and wireless card for your computers.  Settinp up a network should be easy once you configure your router.  \n\nWindows gives options depending on you want to configure your network, but you do need win XP pro on one of the computer which will serve as the server though....
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As it has been mentioned already, you have 2 choices.\n1) Get a crossover cable and plug the 2 laptops together.\n2) Get 2 straight through cables and a hub, router or a switch and pug them in.\nThe advantage of the second option (if you get a router) is that you can plug in a cable modem or DSL modem and share the Internet with both laptops at the same time.\nNo matter which option you pick, you then need to give the computers IP addresses so they can talk. If you go with a router, most routers have a DHCP server that takes care of that. Just let the laptops grab IP addresses from the router. If you go with the crossover cable option, give one an IP address like 192.168.0.10 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and the other one 192.168.0.11 with the same subnet.\nThen share the files and folders that you want to access from the other PC and you are on your way.
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You are missing information needed to answer your question. Did you use a router, switch, or hub to connect the devices to the LAN? Will you be using static or dynamic IP addressing? Normally the network setup wizard included with windows will set up the lan connections for you.
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Yes, absolutely you can do what you want.   If the computers are near each other, and near the cable modem, then the easiest way is with short Ethernet cables and a router.   The router connects to all 3:  to the modem, it looks like a computer, and to the computers it looks like an internet connection.\n\nYou can also do this with a wireless router.  It works the same way except that radio communication is used instead of cables between the router and the computers (The router is still connected to the cable modem with a cable).  However, you need to get a wireless card for each of the computers, the router you'd use is slightly more expensive, it's not quite as fast, and it raises potential security issues.   The security problems can be solve, but it's an additional thing to worry about.\n\nSo, assuming the distances are short, you should buy something like a 4-port router (made by Linksys, Netgear, and others).  Make sure it has a firewall built in (they pretty much all do).   Do NOT buy an Ethernet "hub" or "switch": make sure it's a router.\n\nIt'll probably come with a cable to attach it to your cable modem.  You probably already have one such cable, so may need to buy one more.   (You'll need 3 all together for this set-up.)\n\nThe fact that one machine is a PC and the other is a Mac shouldn't matter at all.
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When you are NAT'ing using a single IP addresas, the only thing you can do is port-forward. For example, lets say your external IP is 10.10.10.1 (let's pretend it's valid eventhough it's not), you may be able to have your router do PAT (port-address-translation) or port-forwarding by telling it to send all incoming port-80 sessions to a specific web-server. \n\nThe problem is that you have multiple web-servers, so you can only do port forwarding for one machine on port 80. Another option is to run one of the sites on port 8080 (or something different than 80), and do port forwarding on that particlar port.\n\nUltimately, here are you're two hurdles:\n\n(1) Your router/switch may not support PAT.\n(2) If it does, you only have 1 public external IP address and two distinct internal servers behind it.\n\nYour realy solution is to make sure that you do PAT (or get hardware that will support it), and to get a 2nd IP from your ISP.
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Yes, there is a way...\nIn 'Network Connections' folder you will find 'Network Setup Wisard'.\nRun it and follow instructions. It really works.\nRun it on both computers. It solves the exact problem.
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what you want to do is to use NAT.  what this does is make all traffic from your lan look like it's coming from the same IP, each connection using a different port. example: 1 server connected to the net w/ 1 pc in the lan:\n\npc1 wants www.3atm3.com's webpage and sends a request from 1.1.1.1 to the NAT box 1.1.1.2, which sends the info to the net saying "1.1.1.2:1234 looking for www.3atm3.com", when the page comes back it will be for port 1234, and the NAT box forwards the info to 1.1.1.1\n\nI'm not giving you a set-by-step to set up a NAT, but the idea is that:\n1) lan pc's use the NAT server as their gateway...done\n2) NAT box is configured to route traffic and knows it is doing NAT for the LAN\n\n...use a linux box for the NAT server- it's easier
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Well, first you might be trying to accomplish something that's unnecessary.\n\nConsider: you have two computers, each of which can connect to a network just fine. That means one of two things:\n\n1. Both machines connect to, or CAN connect to, the same wireless router;\n\n2. Each machine is connecting to a separate wireless router, for some reason.\n\nIf the answer is #1, then there's no need to connect the machines directly, because both machines already have IP addresses on the same subnet via the router.\n\nFind out the IP address for each machine (ipconfig in Windows, ifconfig in Linux and OSX) and you'll likely see they're both something like aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd, where aaa.bbb.ccc are the same and ddd are different.\n\nAt that point, you can hit one machine from the other using the IP address of the other machine (try "ping aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd", from machine A using machine B's IP address.)\n\nIf the answer is #2, you're in for a more complex configuration (that can't really be answered here without a lot more information about your system) because you're asking to connect two computers directly on one network, while maintaining connections from each machine to other networks (via the network card). \n\nAt that point, the machine doesn't really know (by itself) which network to use for which kind of connection -- if you hit www.yahoo.com, should it use the wireless or the wired, it has no idea -- and so it likely defaults to the existing wireless connection.\n\nIn addition, connecting machines via crossover cable means there's no DHCP server (which would automatically provide addresses to the machines; routers have this) so the wired cards aren't configured.\n\nIf that's the case, here's what you do:\n\n1. Disable the wireless connection on both machines.\n2. Plug in the crossover cable.\n3. Using whatever method your operating system requires, set machine A like so:\n\nIP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.100\nSUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.0\nGATEWAY: (leave blank, because you don't have one)\n\n...and machine B like so:\n\nIP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.101\nSUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.0\nGATEWAY: (leave blank)\n\nNow you can ping the machines via IP address.\n\nHere's a quick note on "internal" (that is, not internet-accessible) IP addresses, by the way -- there are two ranges that are considered "reserved" for internal use.\n\nRange one: 192.168.x.y\nRange two: 10.72.x.y\n\nWhere x is a number from 0 to 254 and represents the subnet (shared by all machines that should see one another) and y is a number from 0 to 254 and represents the unique address of a single machine (so would not be shared with any other machines on the same subnet.)\n\nI hope that helps.
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Here is a step by step I wrote for someone wanting to make a network between 2 desktops and a laptop...\n\nThe following requires a ROUTER... \n\nFollow these steps...\n\n#1 Make sure all computers are set up properly via network. To do this you must do the following...\n\nOPEN MY COMPUTER> BROWSE TO DESKTOP> find "MY NETWORK PLACES" inside this box, find the item that says NETWORK SETUP WIZARD... open it...\nClick Next on the first window.\nClick next on the second,\nWhen you see the window that has 3 options, choose "OTHER" and when it goes to the next window choose the TOP OPTION, which should say "THIS COMPUTER CONNECTS DIRECTY TO THE INTERNET THROUGH A NETWORK OR HUB, OTHER COMPUTERS ALSO CONNECT VIA HUB"\nClick next, and name the pcs whatever you want so you can identify them.\nClick next, then specify the WORKGROUP NAME, which must be the same on all computers, MSHOME is the defualt which is fine. Then click next\nThen click "TURN ON FILE AND PRINT SHARING"\nThen click next\nClick next again.\nThen let it finish, then click JUST FINISH THE WIZARD I DONT NEED TO RUN THE WIZARD ON OTHER COMPUTERS.\nThen click FINISH.\n\n\nYou must do the above steps on all 3 computers to ensure they all are using the same type of settings.\n\nAlso after the step is done and you restart each machine, go to START>CONTROL PANEL< and make sure WINDOWS FIREWALL is turned off on each machine. When you turn on file and print sharing, by default the windows firewall will turn on...\n\nYou do not need windows firewall, it sucks, and you have a router which is a firewall in itself.\n\nStep #2\nMake sure the printer you want to share is either plugged into the router, or into one of your computers. Most likely its already installed on one of your computers...\n\nOn the computer you have the printer hooked up to, click START>CONTROL PANEL, find PRINTERS AND FAXES and when this window opens, find the printer you are using, right click the printer and choose SHARING make sure SHARE THIS PRINTER button is chosen. Choose a name for the printer and click OK... Just click OK to any other things it asks you.\n\nRestart all 3 computers to refresh the network... Usually the other computers will auto detect the Network shared Printer, but if they do not, then go to step #3.\n\nStep #3 Go to the 2 computers that the printer is not hooked up to, click START> CONTROL PANEL> PRINTERS AND FAXES and if you do not see the printer listed, click ADD PRINTER.\nWhen the window opens, click NEXT, then click the dot next to "A NETWORK PRINTER OR A PRINTER ATTACHED TO ANOTHER COMPUTER".\nThen click next.\nThen click BROWSE FOR PRINTER.\nThen it may scan for a bit, may even freeze up for a moment, then you should see the name of the other 2 computers you are not using, or the name of the computer that has the printer hooked up to it...\n\nCollapse the computer that has the printer connected to it, till you see the SHARED printer and its NAME. Double click it.\n\nIt may have a window message that says YOU ARE ABOUT TO CONNECT TO A PRINTER...ETC... Just click OK OR YES, then in the next window, click SET THIS PRINTER AS DEFAULT PRINTER>... then click NEXT and then click FINISH...\n\nNOW YOU ARE ready to use a single printer on any of the 3 computers...\n\n\n#4 To share files in general: Refer back to step #2... Except that this time you need to use the computers SHARED FOLDER, or create a folder in MY DOCUMENTS, or simply right click MY DOCUMENTS and click PROPERTIES then choose SHARING and then SHARE THIS FOLDER ON THE NETWORK, ALLOW USERS to change my files, is optional to you.\n\nThen click ok...\n\nNow any file in MY DOCUMENTS can be shared among computers...\n\nNote: If you allow users to change your files, they can delete crap from another computer, rename it, or possible move it. If you do not select the allowing users to change files option, the only thing they can do, is grab the file off the ma
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If ur internet service provider gives u static ip addresses at both end, u can connect it. If so.. u just provide routing entries in both of ur wan interfaces to the ip address of the wan interface of the other.
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[quote]\nCan I collaborate these 2 connections into one, and would that theoretically mean I could double the connection speed to 54Mbps x 2 = 108Mbps?\n[end quote]\n\nNo, i don't think it works that way. What i presume is that only one connection is active at a time since you have no control on what connection a program work. And btw, the speed of one wireless connection is far higher than what you get by your ISP.
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You should have bought a router instead of a switch, the router does network address translation so that both computers can use the internet connection. However not all is lost. You can get away with some software solution. The easiest way is to run a proxy server on the computer that is able to connect to the internet and point the other computer's settings to use this proxy.\n\nSearch for free proxy servers such as AnalogX Proxy or 602Software Proxy, they are free and have manuals explaining how to set up internet conection sharing. Hope this helps.
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Pick up a router.  If you don't want to run cables, you can pick up a wireless router and a wireless network card from most electronics stores.  Run an ethernet cable from the DSL modem to the router's WAN port, and then the router will share the connection with all machines attached to it.  If you have any questions on setup or equipment choices, feel free to email me...\n\nYou could do Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP, but that would require a different setup... let me know what you're more interested in doing... either way you'll have to have some networking equipment so that you can connect the two machines...\n\nLater!
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You can only use either the USB or the Ethernet port to hook up your entire home network.\n\nFortunately, your modem will act as a DHCP server. So, you can buy a $40 switch at any office supply / electronics big-box store, hook the computers up to the switch, then hook the switch to the modem, and both PCs should be on the Internet.\n\nSee this for more info:\n\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-NVb99sQ4RK5BVgIbxdcQdcRtfT8-?cq=1&l=16&u=20&mx=30&lmt=5&p=21
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More details. Are you both on the same network already? Are you both at home, within the distance reachable by a LAN cable? Are you both using the same Operating System?
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Both computers will at least need network cards. If you have at least that much, then all you need is a crossover cable. Just plug one end into each PC.\n\nIf you also have a router/switch/hub, then you will need two standard cat-5 cables, not a crossover. Plug one end of each cable into the router/hub/switch, and one end into each PC.\n\nThen, just make sure each PC has a different IP address and the same subnet mask.  Like this...\n\nPC1:\n192.168.1.1\n255.255.255.0\n\nPC2:\n192.168.1.2\n255.255.255.0
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If you want to connect 2 computers, you'll need a router.\n\nIf it's a single computer, call Yahoo/SBC support for help.