I'm looking at allowing 2 of my PC's access to the net via one ADSL modem.
I'd rather not faff around with network cards, or crossover cables as
basically......I can't afford them, so I was wondering if there is something
available for USB as there are for parallel cables? (the switch boxes...
only ... without the switch, lol).

Bearing in mind, the PC's are 3 floors apart (one in my bedroom, the other
in the sitting room on the bottom floor).

Apologies if I've asked this before btw.......I honestly can't remember.

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I'm looking at allowing 2 of my PC's access to the net via one ADSL modem.
I'd rather not faff around with network cards, or crossover cables as
basically......I can't afford them, so I was wondering if there is
something available for USB as there are for parallel cables? (the switch
boxes... only ... without the switch, lol).

Bearing in mind, the PC's are 3 floors apart (one in my bedroom, the other
in the sitting room on the bottom floor).

The easiest way would be wireless. 1 wireless WAP plugged into the modem's
switch, and wifi adapters for the PCs. You can get USB wifi, so that
should solve the USB part.

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The easiest way would be wireless. 1 wireless WAP plugged into the
modem's
switch, and wifi adapters for the PCs. You can get USB wifi, so that
should solve the USB part.


Cheers...... I'll look into it )

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In article , Steven Burn wrote:
I'm looking at allowing 2 of my PC's access to the net via one ADSL modem.
I'd rather not faff around with network cards, or crossover cables as
basically......I can't afford them, so I was wondering if there is something
available for USB as there are for parallel cables? (the switch boxes...
only ... without the switch, lol).

Bearing in mind, the PC's are 3 floors apart (one in my bedroom, the other
in the sitting room on the bottom floor).

Apologies if I've asked this before btw.......I honestly can't remember.

Presumably if you can't afford network cards you can't afford a wireless
network system either, so you're going to need three floors worth of cables of
some sort whatever you do, as you won't be able to connect your computers
together by magic. The simplest, crudest, cheapest way of allowing either
computer to use the ADSL unit (though not both at the same time) would be to
run a USB cable extension (presuming you've bought a USB modem already), and
swapping plugs as required. If you haven't got, or don't want to spend, the
money to do the job properly, then I don't know what else to suggest. It does
seem a bit of a shame to spoil the elegance of a multi-computer system (costing
how many hundreds?) for the sake of perhaps £50 extra hardware.

Rod.

Duncan Hill wrote:

1 wireless WAP plugged into the modem's
switch,

What's a "modem switch"?

Roderick Stewart wrote in message
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Presumably if you can't afford network cards you can't afford a wireless
network system either, so you're going to need three floors worth of
cables of
some sort whatever you do, as you won't be able to connect your computers
together by magic. The simplest, crudest, cheapest way of allowing either
computer to use the ADSL unit (though not both at the same time) would be
to
run a USB cable extension (presuming you've bought a USB modem already),
and
swapping plugs as required. If you haven't got, or don't want to spend,
the
money to do the job properly, then I don't know what else to suggest. It
does
seem a bit of a shame to spoil the elegance of a multi-computer system
(costing
how many hundreds?) for the sake of perhaps £50 extra hardware.

/snip

With my finances the way they are at the moment, it appears that the tons of
cabling is the only way forward (you are right in thinking I can't afford a
wireless setup.......I've just checked the cost...lol).

I'll just leave it till the end of Feb next year.......if all goes well, I
should be able to afford to do it the "proper" way.

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With my finances the way they are at the moment, it appears that the tons of
cabling is the only way forward (you are right in thinking I can't afford a
wireless setup.......I've just checked the cost...lol).

I'll just leave it till the end of Feb next year.......if all goes well, I
should be able to afford to do it the "proper" way.

You still might find that setting up a network is cheaper. USB cables
are relatively expensive and when I looked at extension cables the
longest I could find was 5m (I think that's all USB is spec'ed to work
at but I'm sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm wrong G)

Network cards are very cheap, as is CAT5 cable...

Peter

"Steven Burn" wrote in message
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I'm looking at allowing 2 of my PC's access to the net via one ADSL modem.
I'd rather not faff around with network cards, or crossover cables as
basically......I can't afford them, so I was wondering if there is
something
available for USB as there are for parallel cables? (the switch boxes...
only ... without the switch, lol).

Bearing in mind, the PC's are 3 floors apart (one in my bedroom, the other
in the sitting room on the bottom floor).

Apologies if I've asked this before btw.......I honestly can't remember.

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Steve

I know you say in your post you don't want to faff around with network cards
or crossover, but it is a very cheap solution (with drawbacks). Two network
cards + Xover cable can be purchased for about 1 months ADSL line charges
(~£20). The drawbacks are - one PC is always on (the one with the USB
modem) and there will be a loss of performance. Probably other drawbacks.

I'm not sure how long USB (extension) cables can be, but I suspect they
won't be that cheap, if they exist, for 3 floors.

eric

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Whats the best way to do it so there's no loss of performance? (that doesn't
cost the earth that is....).

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Eric Parker wrote in message
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"Steven Burn" wrote in message
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I'm looking at allowing 2 of my PC's access to the net via one ADSL
modem.
I'd rather not faff around with network cards, or crossover cables as
basically......I can't afford them, so I was wondering if there is
something
available for USB as there are for parallel cables? (the switch boxes...
only ... without the switch, lol).

Bearing in mind, the PC's are 3 floors apart (one in my bedroom, the
other
in the sitting room on the bottom floor).

Apologies if I've asked this before btw.......I honestly can't remember.

--

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Steven Burn
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I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)




Steve

I know you say in your post you don't want to faff around with network
cards
or crossover, but it is a very cheap solution (with drawbacks). Two
network
cards + Xover cable can be purchased for about 1 months ADSL line charges
(~£20). The drawbacks are - one PC is always on (the one with the USB
modem) and there will be a loss of performance. Probably other drawbacks.

I'm not sure how long USB (extension) cables can be, but I suspect they
won't be that cheap, if they exist, for 3 floors.

eric

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Peter, I'll have a look at my options when my finances improve..... thanks
for the reply )

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Peter Watson wrote in message
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In article , [email protected]
mate.co.uk says...


With my finances the way they are at the moment, it appears that the
tons of
cabling is the only way forward (you are right in thinking I can't
afford a
wireless setup.......I've just checked the cost...lol).

I'll just leave it till the end of Feb next year.......if all goes well,
I
should be able to afford to do it the "proper" way.

You still might find that setting up a network is cheaper. USB cables
are relatively expensive and when I looked at extension cables the
longest I could find was 5m (I think that's all USB is spec'ed to work
at but I'm sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm wrong G)

Network cards are very cheap, as is CAT5 cable...

Peter