using a switch

When I plug my dsl into the switch and then go into my
comps with other cables, they aren't on the internet. Am
i supposed to be using a switch to share my interet
connection?

you need a router for 98
"Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I plug my dsl into the switch and then go into my
> comps with other cables, they aren't on the internet. Am
> i supposed to be using a switch to share my interet
> connection?

BUt would i need one for xp?
>-----Original Message-----
>you need a router for 98
>"Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> When I plug my dsl into the switch and then go into my
>> comps with other cables, they aren't on the internet.
Am
>> i supposed to be using a switch to share my interet
>> connection?
>
>
>.
>

oops... there's also ICS.

"jd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> you need a router for 98
> "Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:031901c3d3e3$89b73cb0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When I plug my dsl into the switch and then go into my
> > comps with other cables, they aren't on the internet. Am
> > i supposed to be using a switch to share my interet
> > connection?
>
>

Mac wrote:

> BUt would i need one for xp?

Your choices are :
1) use a router
2) contract with an ISP that allows connections to more than one PC via
a switch or hub -- there will probably be a charge for that service
3) Use ICS
4) Use a proxy server

I think you'd probably be happiest with router, but YMMV

>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>you need a router for 98
>>"Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>>>When I plug my dsl into the switch and then go into my
>>>comps with other cables, they aren't on the internet.
>
> Am
>
>>>i supposed to be using a switch to share my interet
>>>connection?
>>
>>
>>.
>>


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Kindly ignore the advice of jd. There's no reason Windows 98 needs a router
to share an Internet connection. However, whether or not YOU do depends on
how your ISP works and assigns IP addresses.

Most ISPs allow only one or two IP addresses without paying an extra fee,
and if you connect your broadband device to the switch then each PC on the
network tries to get its own IP address. If you're only allocated one IP
address, then only the first PC turned on can connect to the Internet. If
you're allocated two IP addresses then the first two PCs turned on will
connect but the third won't. And so on.

A router will solve this problem, because it will grab the first available
IP address from your ISP and then share it with all the connected computers.

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"Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I plug my dsl into the switch and then go into my
> comps with other cables, they aren't on the internet. Am
> i supposed to be using a switch to share my interet
> connection?