Gordon wrote:
> We are being broadband activated tomorrow. (Friday). We have been sent
> by my Wife's company a D-Link DSL 502T Router. (The company are
> supplying and paying for, the broadband connection!)
> I already have a LAN which I set up myself between my laptop and my
> Desktop via a Netgear 4 port hub. What will happen is that my Wife's
> laptop and the router will both connect into the remaining two ports on
> the hub. All machines are running XP, mine are SP2 (not sure about the
> wife's as it's a new machine that hasn't been switched on yet)
> I need easy to understand (ie 1. connect router. 2. configure router.
> 3. do x on machine 1. 2 do x on machine 2 etc etc) steps in order to
> allow all three machines to share the broadband connection. (I've had a
> look at adslguide.org and practicallynetworked.com and there doesn't
> seem to be what I'm looking for there). The manual with the router is a
> bit confusing and complicated!
>
> Thanks
Try this site, I found the info both helpful and easy to use.
Click on networks on the left and then broadband (the files are pdf so
you can save and print)
http://www.microdiy.co.uk/index.html