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Answer» In my HOME, there are CURRENTLY two computers: a desktop (not mine), and a laptop (mine). We are getting AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Basic, which will be hooked up to the desktop. Is there any way to use the connection for both computers (e.g, could I hook the internet up to a networking hub and connect the desktop through ethernet and my laptop through wireless (or ethernet))? I KNOW this is simple and possible with cable, but is it possible with DSL?i don't see why anything wireless would be difficult just because of your connection. doesn't it depend on the router etc.? i'm not too good with networking either but that's my reasoning anyway EDIT: i don't know how good you are with networking so i won't say either Quote from: reaper_tbs on June 28, 2007, 01:49:56 PM i don't see why anything wireless would be difficult just because of your connection. doesn't it depend on the router etc.? i'm not too good with networking either but that's my reasoning anyway Well is dsl like cable in that it constantly remains connected. I have a friend with DSL (sbcglobal), and she has to turn on a special program or something to connect. But I have some family members with AT&T Yahoo! and the connection seems to always be on. I am so to dsl so I know relatively nothing about it. Quote from: reaper_tbs on June 28, 2007, 01:49:56 PM EDIT: i don't know how good you are with networking so i won't say either I am very new to networking, so no worries well whether or not you have to connect with a program isn't the problem. the program is mainly for security and time ISSUES. i'm pretty sure the modem is always connected though. we have adsl and our modem is always on, but i have to connect with a program too. you do understand that if you have wireless you have to connect to the router via a network connection program don't you?windows also has one that comes standard with it from memoryYou NEED a wired/wireless router. There are some similarities between cable and dsl, but they are different. You will probably receive a modem and filters in your package (if self installing). Make sure all devices that work directly over the phone line have filters (phones, fax machines, etc.). One filter is different from the others. It connects the phone line and dsl and is the one used to connect the modem. the modem then connects to the router and computers connect via the router.Quote from: reaper_tbs on June 28, 2007, 02:02:54 PM well whether or not you have to connect with a program isn't the problem. the program is mainly for security and time issues. i'm pretty sure the modem is always connected though. we have adsl and our modem is always on, but i have to connect with a program too. you do understand that if you have wireless you have to connect to the router via a network connection program don't you? Well I have never used wireless, but I know that with ethernet, all you have to do is plug it it and the computer will automatically connect. Quote from: 2k_dummy on June 28, 2007, 02:16:31 PM You need a wired/wireless router. There are some similarities between cable and dsl, but they are different. You will probably receive a modem and filters in your package (if self installing). Make sure all devices that work directly over the phone line have filters (phones, fax machines, etc.). One filter is different from the others. It connects the phone line and dsl and is the one used to connect the modem. the modem then connects to the router and computers connect via the router. So is it posible to connect multiple computers to one DSL connection. Or is that only possible with cable? I know you have to use a router. So would I just plug the ethernet cable from the dsl connection into the router, and from there just hook the rest of the computers up to the rounter connections?Now you've got it. I have no fewer than 3 computers connected to my dsl at any time. A laptop and a desktop are wireless. The rest are wired.Quote from: 2k_dummy on June 28, 2007, 02:32:22 PM Now you've got it. I have no fewer than 3 computers connected to my dsl at any time. A laptop and a desktop are wireless. The rest are wired. Just one more question: how come my friend had to connect through a program if it was dsl?is hers wireless?Quote Just one more question: how come my friend had to connect through a program if it was dsl? DSL goes through a procedure that "dials in" But is not like a normal 56k modem dial in. Unless you have a static IP, it uses DHCP, so the IP is subject to change. If you disconnect from the internet, the connection must be re-established to the ISP's server. Some ISP's will automatically disconnect after some period of inactivity. Though the modem shows that it is continuosly connected, what it is actually doing is maintaining the sync with the ISP's equipment. So technically speaking, it is "always on". My router has an option that lets me select whether to connect on demand or to automatically redial if the connection is lost for any reason. I can also select the number of minutes for it to wait before redialing. So instead of having to use the ISP's software to dial in, I just open my browser and I'm online. Okay, what we ended up doing is getting a router from AT&T Yahoo! for multiple connections (the sales rep gave the opion of a modem for a single computer or for mulitple computers). But thanks anyway for taking the time to reply to this thread.

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In my HOME, there are CURRENTLY two computers: a desktop (not mine), and a laptop (mine). We are getting AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Basic, which will be hooked up to the desktop. Is there any way to use the connection for both computers (e.g, could I hook the internet up to a networking hub and connect the desktop through ethernet and my laptop through wireless (or ethernet))? I KNOW this is simple and possible with cable, but is it possible with DSL?i don't see why anything wireless would be difficult just because of your connection. doesn't it depend on the router etc.? i'm not too good with networking either but that's my reasoning anyway

EDIT: i don't know how good you are with networking so i won't say either Quote from: reaper_tbs on June 28, 2007, 01:49:56 PM

i don't see why anything wireless would be difficult just because of your connection. doesn't it depend on the router etc.? i'm not too good with networking either but that's my reasoning anyway

Well is dsl like cable in that it constantly remains connected. I have a friend with DSL (sbcglobal), and she has to turn on a special program or something to connect. But I have some family members with AT&T Yahoo! and the connection seems to always be on. I am so to dsl so I know relatively nothing about it.

Quote from: reaper_tbs on June 28, 2007, 01:49:56 PM

EDIT: i don't know how good you are with networking so i won't say either

I am very new to networking, so no worries well whether or not you have to connect with a program isn't the problem. the program is mainly for security and time ISSUES. i'm pretty sure the modem is always connected though. we have adsl and our modem is always on, but i have to connect with a program too.
you do understand that if you have wireless you have to connect to the router via a network connection program don't you?windows also has one that comes standard with it from memoryYou NEED a wired/wireless router. There are some similarities between cable and dsl, but they are different. You will probably receive a modem and filters in your package (if self installing). Make sure all devices that work directly over the phone line have filters (phones, fax machines, etc.). One filter is different from the others. It connects the phone line and dsl and is the one used to connect the modem. the modem then connects to the router and computers connect via the router.Quote from: reaper_tbs on June 28, 2007, 02:02:54 PM

well whether or not you have to connect with a program isn't the problem. the program is mainly for security and time issues. i'm pretty sure the modem is always connected though. we have adsl and our modem is always on, but i have to connect with a program too.
you do understand that if you have wireless you have to connect to the router via a network connection program don't you?

Well I have never used wireless, but I know that with ethernet, all you have to do is plug it it and the computer will automatically connect.

Quote from: 2k_dummy on June 28, 2007, 02:16:31 PM

You need a wired/wireless router. There are some similarities between cable and dsl, but they are different. You will probably receive a modem and filters in your package (if self installing). Make sure all devices that work directly over the phone line have filters (phones, fax machines, etc.). One filter is different from the others. It connects the phone line and dsl and is the one used to connect the modem. the modem then connects to the router and computers connect via the router.

So is it posible to connect multiple computers to one DSL connection. Or is that only possible with cable? I know you have to use a router. So would I just plug the ethernet cable from the dsl connection into the router, and from there just hook the rest of the computers up to the rounter connections?Now you've got it. I have no fewer than 3 computers connected to my dsl at any time. A laptop and a desktop are wireless. The rest are wired.Quote from: 2k_dummy on June 28, 2007, 02:32:22 PM

Now you've got it. I have no fewer than 3 computers connected to my dsl at any time. A laptop and a desktop are wireless. The rest are wired.

Just one more question: how come my friend had to connect through a program if it was dsl?is hers wireless?Quote

Just one more question: how come my friend had to connect through a program if it was dsl?

DSL goes through a procedure that "dials in" But is not like a normal 56k modem dial in. Unless you have a static IP, it uses DHCP, so the IP is subject to change. If you disconnect from the internet, the connection must be re-established to the ISP's server. Some ISP's will automatically disconnect after some period of inactivity. Though the modem shows that it is continuosly connected, what it is actually doing is maintaining the sync with the ISP's equipment. So technically speaking, it is "always on". My router has an option that lets me select whether to connect on demand or to automatically redial if the connection is lost for any reason. I can also select the number of minutes for it to wait before redialing. So instead of having to use the ISP's software to dial in, I just open my browser and I'm online. Okay, what we ended up doing is getting a router from AT&T Yahoo! for multiple connections (the sales rep gave the opion of a modem for a single computer or for mulitple computers). But thanks anyway for taking the time to reply to this thread.

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