thats why i asked how he was connecting to the line. If it is a PCI card in his computer then he could set up internet connection sharing, built into windows, which would do it all for him and save a lot of hassle.

do'h writ all that!
if ure on xb, best thing is to just bridge the lan to the broadband connection

obtain an IP address from where?? he isn't running a DHCP server so will have to manually assign static addresses.

wouldnt it be easier to set them up to obtain an IP address automatically?

what are you using to connect to the cable? a PCI card in your computer, or a standalone "modem" ?

u need to make all computers run on the same ip
if ure running xp this is easy jus go to setup new network, choose lan etc. etc.. once it's set up on all comp's
just right click on the lan icon
properties
click on ip in the dropdown then click properties and change the ip's to
192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2
192.168.0.3
and so on
the subnet mask will auto itself but should be 255.255.255.0

Matt

I have figured it out now, the only problem I have is that I cannot access the internet now. What do I have to do to enable internet sharing?

Its NTL broadband

Hi

I'm trying to connect 2 pc's and a laptop together. I have a switch, network cards in all computers and cat 5 cable.
Ive connected all the computers to the switch/hub.

What do I do next?

Anyone know anything about networking?

Thanks

[Edited on 10-02-2004 by Mark Petty]