sharing cable broadband

I have a cabke internet connection at home. Its a bundle
offer with Tele & Phone. The internet is 750K line.

Now, the modem i have is Scientific Atlantic and it is
presently connected to a laptop running WIn XP. Its
running perfect.

Now i'm planning to attach 2 more desktops to share this
internet connection...my doubt is whether i shuld buy a
Router (eg linksys router) or an access point (eg linksys
access point).

I cuold go for wireless or ethernet ..but my doubt is
only if i need a router or an access point ?

any help would be great!

cheers,
jo

Why not get a combination broadband router and wireless access point? The cost of a combination unit
now a days is pretty low, particularly if you shop the sales. Personally I use a Buffalo WBR-G54
4-Port Broadband Router/802.11g/b Wireless Access Point with my cable ISP, Cox HSI. My two XP boxes,
one XP Pro and one XP Home, are wired via a 100 Mbps LAN and I use an iPAQ 5555 PocketPC wirelessly
to connect to the LAN... I bought the Buffalo device for $65 or so at CompUSA, after rebates, awhile
back. Look at these sites for product reviews...

http://www.homenethelp.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.timhiggins.com/

Good luck...

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"jo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2a83501c4676c$82302a20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a cabke internet connection at home. Its a bundle
> offer with Tele & Phone. The internet is 750K line.
>
> Now, the modem i have is Scientific Atlantic and it is
> presently connected to a laptop running WIn XP. Its
> running perfect.
>
> Now i'm planning to attach 2 more desktops to share this
> internet connection...my doubt is whether i shuld buy a
> Router (eg linksys router) or an access point (eg linksys
> access point).
>
> I cuold go for wireless or ethernet ..but my doubt is
> only if i need a router or an access point ?
>
> any help would be great!
>
> cheers,
> jo


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Hi.

Wireless Cable/DSL Routers are inexpensive and easy to use.

As an Access Point Wireless Cable/Routers are usually set to Gateway and
thus somewhat limited.

This limitation does not apply to most of Home user. The following page
explains this limitation.

http://www.ezlan.net/APvsRoute.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"hawk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> You can get wireless routers for about the same price as an access
> point. And all of the routers I have seen have 2-4 wired ports as
> well. You connect the modem to the router WAN port and connect each
> computer to one of the wired ports or as wireless. The router and
> modem stay powered up and any computer can connect to the
> Internet independent of the other computers. And the routers have
> built in security from hackers. The computers on your network are
> invisible to Internet hackers.
>
> hawk
>
> jo wrote:
> > I have a cabke internet connection at home. Its a bundle
> > offer with Tele & Phone. The internet is 750K line.
> >
> > Now, the modem i have is Scientific Atlantic and it is
> > presently connected to a laptop running WIn XP. Its
> > running perfect.
> >
> > Now i'm planning to attach 2 more desktops to share this
> > internet connection...my doubt is whether i shuld buy a
> > Router (eg linksys router) or an access point (eg linksys
> > access point).
> >
> > I cuold go for wireless or ethernet ..but my doubt is
> > only if i need a router or an access point ?
> >
> > any help would be great!
> >
> > cheers,
> > jo

The most versatile way to go is to purchase a wireless router that also
includes 4 Ethernet (wired) ports and a printer server. An example is the
D-Link DI-714P+ . That's what I have, but I think other brands include the
same features.

"jo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2a83501c4676c$82302a20$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a cabke internet connection at home. Its a bundle
> offer with Tele & Phone. The internet is 750K line.
>
> Now, the modem i have is Scientific Atlantic and it is
> presently connected to a laptop running WIn XP. Its
> running perfect.
>
> Now i'm planning to attach 2 more desktops to share this
> internet connection...my doubt is whether i shuld buy a
> Router (eg linksys router) or an access point (eg linksys
> access point).
>
> I cuold go for wireless or ethernet ..but my doubt is
> only if i need a router or an access point ?
>
> any help would be great!
>
> cheers,
> jo