2 computers sharing adsl ?

One house, one adsl line, two computers which want to share the one
adsl line.
Questions - which ISPs allow this? Which ISPs provide the equpiment to
make this possible?
I know that BT Internet offer a homenetwork which seems very good (2
comps connected thur the phone sockets - no need for wires etc) but BT
internet dont offer stuff like email and newsgroups.
Id be very grateful for any suggestions - especially from ppl who
actually have 2 comps networked to use one ADS and can speak from
experience.

"Peter Montgomery" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> One house, one adsl line, two computers which want to share the one
> adsl line.
> Questions - which ISPs allow this?

I'm sure most won't blink .. though get a router, and I'm not sure how
they'd know.

> Which ISPs provide the equpiment to
> make this possible?

Get an ADSL router.

> I know that BT Internet offer a homenetwork which seems very good (2
> comps connected thur the phone sockets - no need for wires etc) but BT
> internet dont offer stuff like email and newsgroups.
> Id be very grateful for any suggestions - especially from ppl who
> actually have 2 comps networked to use one ADS and can speak from
> experience.
>

Sorry, just set 5 up together using an ADSL router, never done 2

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:46:21 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Peter
Montgomery) wrote:
>One house, one adsl line, two computers which want to share the one
>adsl line.
>Questions - which ISPs allow this? Which ISPs provide the equpiment to
>make this possible?

Pretty much all of them will allow it. Most won't offer tech support
on how to do it though.

>I know that BT Internet offer a homenetwork which seems very good (2
>comps connected thur the phone sockets - no need for wires etc) but BT
>internet dont offer stuff like email and newsgroups.
>Id be very grateful for any suggestions - especially from ppl who
>actually have 2 comps networked to use one ADS and can speak from
>experience.

Your best bet is to get an ADSL router with ADSL modem built in. Check
the reviews at www.adslguide.org.uk The alternative is to use Windows
ICS (internet connection sharing) with a standard ADSL modem and
network the 2 PCs. The problem with that is that the host machine has
to be switched on for the other one to access ADSL. Much better to use
a router which may also have a built in firewall - essential IMO for a
permanent connection.
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