I have a PC and a iBook G4, what is the easiest way to access the internet, simultaneously,  from my ISP?
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Well assuming you only want the "easiest" way to access the internet, I'd say if you had broadband, just plug in the Cat 5 Cable into the Networking card slot, or if you connect using a modem to just connect the phone line to your modem and dial away.
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I have found the best way is to use a hub. they are cheap and efficient. You need an ethernet card but unless your pc is old, it probably has one built into the MB.  Thanks for the question, It made me remember a question I had about my comp :)
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Windows allows internet connection sharing.  Enable this for the network connection of the computer which is online.\n\nA better solution is to hook up both computers through a router.  These can be purchased for under $50 online or in walmart/target/radio shack/etc.
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If this is a home network...\n\nThe ISP will be difficult to set up without buying more hardware. If your ISP is broadband.\n\n1) Buy an internet router. Connect the ISP to the router's internet port. Connect the switch to the router. Connect all the PC's to the switch.\n\n2) Buy another NIC, put it in one of the PC's so one has two nics. Connect all PC's to the switch, connect the ISP to the second NIC and use Internet Connection Sharing to share the internet connection to the other PC's.\n\nIf your ISP is dial-up, then just connect all the PC's to the switch. Share the internet connection on the dial-up PC using Internet Connection Sharing.\n\nIf the printer is a network printer, just connect it to the Switch.  If its not, then connect it to one of the PC's and share the printer connection.
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you can always use a router or you can buy a lan adapter. it's like a lan hub
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If all you're doing is using a laptop and want to log in at a Starbucks or other location with wireless internet access (hotspot), all you need is a wireless adapter (USB is probably the most popular and convenient for you).  Wireless adapters come in several flavors (i.e., wireless-b, wireless-g and pre-n).  Wireless b is cheapest and slowest (older techology), but should work for your purposes.  You can't go wrong with wireless-g, which is the most popular now.  Load the driver software (on CD-ROM) that comes with the adapter, then plug the adapter in, and you should be ready to go.  The cost for this can be as little as about $20, if you shop around on the internet (you can always find decent deals on passwird.com and techbargains.com).  If you're setting up a network at home, you'll need a router, which you plug into your cable or dsl modem.  The cost of the router and adapter together can cost as little as about $60, depending on whether you go wireless-b or wireless-g).
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broadband modem with Wi-Fi router and plug in USB WiFi adapter under £40 from www.dabs.com.\n\nplug in the broadband router and modem in to the room were the phone line is. then plug the USB stick (once you have installed the driver software) into the second PC.\n\nset up the Wi-Fi security and the firewall to block all other devices that you dont own by Filtering which devices you want to allow access to your network set up the MAC address of all the Wi-Fi devices in the filter.\n\nyou can have upto Four computers connected VIA cable to the router with additional Wi-Fi connectors.\n\nhave one pc in the same room as the phone line and direct connect (cable) it to the router. if you dont do this you will need an aditional Wi-Fi adapter for the other computers on your home network.\n\nthe reason for filtering the devices on your network is simply so that you don't end up being kicked off your OWN network by unauthorised access. you should also block the router from broadcasting it's signal.\n\nand all firewalls should block in and outgoing ICMPand ICMPv6
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Well the above 2 answers good and enough for you. But in addition u can also set the firewall on.
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Possibily wireless data link or direct setallite link.\n\ncheck out with your ISP that you are willing to do something like that he will give you a perfect idea about what's going on in their scenario and how are they doing it.
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is your broadband connection wireless (no wires whatsoever) or is it a wired connection?\nif you're using wireless, you're ISP (Internet Service Provider) may require you to configure their settings on your laptop.\n\nif it is a wired connection, then what system are you running, win98? winXP? win2000?\nif yer using winXP, configuring yer broadband connection won't be too hard. winXP has 'user-friendly' features for configuring a broadband connection.\n\nare you using an iMac?\nwell, an iMac is a totally different concern.
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you need a Router that will do the trick. Talk to your local PC guru use yellow pages they can help not very expensive
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IF they are sharing a router or a wireless router, I can help you configure a network so that you can basically access the other computer's folders without even having to do anything else except drag it over.\n\nIf you need help , just contact me.\n\nThe other annoying but hard ways is to get a CD (if you have a CD burner) and just backup all your data that you want copied over and burn it into a data CD. Then you can just put the CD in the other computer and access your files that way.\n\nAnother way is to store ALL your data into a free storage file online. You can go to http://www.xdrive.com and you can upload ALL your programs and files into that free storage online. Then you can just go to your other computer, go to the website and download everything as if you are downloading files. \n\nWhichever way is best for you.
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I am not a Mac person, but I don't think that matters in this case. I assume you've got your DSL modem connected to the wall jack, and your 2 port router connected to the DSL modem. Can you connect to the internet if you connect your pc or Mac directly to the DSL modem? If this works and connecting through the router *doesn't* work, there are a few things to check. It could be an issue of the ISP knowing the MAC address of your pc and of your Mac, but it doesn't recognize the MAC address of the router. In the router configuration, probably under advanced settings, there should be an option for "cloning" a Mac address. If one or the other of your machines can connect to the internet when connected directly to the modem, it is the MAC address of *that* machine that you'll want to clone. To get the MAC address on a Windows box, click Start -> Run and type "cmd" to get to a command prompt. Then type "ipconfig /all" (without the quotes, of course). Copy down the "Physical Address" of your network card. Then enter this as the "cloned" MAC address on your router. It may be necessary to do a soft reset of the router at that point. Once it comes back up, the ISP's network will think that your router is in fact your PC, and everything should work just fine. At that point, you should be able to connect both computers to the router and all should be well. If not, while you have both computers connected to the router, see what IP address each has. If neither has an IP address (they should have private IP addresses, something like 192.168.1.x or 192.168.0.x), then in your router settings, you'll want to enable DHCP. If however, your router does not offer DHCP, then you'll need to do something like get an old PC (seriously...something like a 400Mhz will do just fine), install a 2nd ethernet card, and then install Smoothwall or IPCop on it. These will handle the DHCP stuff for you (in addition to providing you with an excellent perimeter firewall). In this case, your setup will go from wall to DSL modem to Smoothwall/IPCop box to router.
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Assuming you plan to use both machines on the net at the same time you will need a way to share the 1 IP address assigned by your ISP. There are 2 ways to do this depending on what your operating systems are. \n\n1 is to get a router and have both PCs in a subnet and be routed out to the net\n\nthe other is to use NAT (network address translation) either by getting a NAT device and installing it just before the ADSL modem or, if a pc can do it, by setting up 1 pc as a NAT server.\n\nif you want to know more about either, post another question
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The cheapest fastest (and easiest to boot) way would be to buy a USB wireless adapter.  It would give you the capability of hooking into any wireless network, including a home router or wi-fi.\n\nFYI, a lot of hotel rooms also have ethernet ports.  Not all, and it's not wireless, but it's a high speed connection while travelling.  Make sure you know your options, if possible, before you travel.
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This is what you need-\nhttp://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7012412&st=belkin+router&type=product&id=1099392876098\n\nthis is wireless but you can turn that part off, it has four wired ports in the back.\n\nit is very easy to setup.\n\nand yes this will not stop you from using p2p, \nif you use ares:(p2p application) you will not need to open ports.\nhttp://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/\n\nif you want to use other apps you may need to go to:\nhttp://www.portforward.com/\nit will tell you how to use almost any application.\n\nany good router has a built in Nat firewall,\nthis router has 2 firewalls a Nat and a SPI\n\nit is a good cheap router.\n\n\nif you as about wifi\nthe guy at the store may try to talk you into getting pre-N\nthe reviews have shown that there is little to gain over g and for what you will be doing with it, it would not be worth 3x the price.
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Try the free version of AVG from Grisoft. It will work no matter what type of Internet connection you have (the two are not typically related).