I have an office that is going to be the support centre for my other business but as I have mates trained in this feild I thought I try and have a go at it as I have no overhead in it techinally as I already have the pc's vans and office

ok ill get one of those i now need to sell lots of stuff who wants stuff
i have mardave rc kit car
28"sony moitor\tv\dvdmonitor etc
and any i can find round the house
er a tumble dryer£10
anyooone

We'll I'd recommend something like this:

http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-info3-info.asp?&m=y&quicklinx=15KM

£53 for a LinkSys router. Basically you plug your NTL line into this and your 2 PC's and bob'syour uncle (after some very small configuration bits) :D

im with ntl its 600k
how much is a router? and how do i go about connecting it up

and im using the 2000 pc as the gateway
id upgrade the other machines to 2000 but it wont let me compatibility probs! damit

Tony - that sounds fun - who's that working for?

Gizmo - I'd use the Win2000 PC as the gateway, and let the Win98 PC connec through that. You'll have to set up the ICS (Internet Connection Sharing). Problem is, the Win2000 PC needs to be on 24/7 really.

I'm guessing you're on ADSL? If so you'd be better off buying an ADSL router. This way you can still network the two PC's, and share the net connection without having to keep the other computer on.

right i have win 2000 on my machine an win 98 on my other two.
they are all connected by network cards rj45 to a simple hub.

my machine has braodband modem connected by usb.

i want to make the other machine conect to the broad band via the hub or my machine whicever is easyer the bb modem is a ntl one

We are currently looking at changing out support vendor....

How about 1500 desktops in the headoffices then a further 1500 branches nationwide with counter and backoffice equipment.

Hmmn, it's gay isn't too descriptive...

What's the problem with it? What are you trying to do?

can i jump in???
i need help with my network?
it doesnt work its gay and im about to fuck it up with a big hammer!

Ah ok, I getcha.

Well as I say, that's basically what we do.

There's only 6 of us in the company, and 4 of us go out on site doing jobs.

It's not an easy field to get into in many respects due to the sheer volume of companies and people offering these sort of services these days.

Are you planning to do this self-employed, or have several people working with you?

No what it is I what to move into the feild offering computer support but can't seem to get any contracts at the moment, just wanted some advice

Tried Yellow Pages for local firms offering technical support?

sent out loads of e-mails but have not had an luck, stuck on how to go about it

Well the company I work for does exactly that - computer and network supply, support and maintenance.

However we (generally) only cover a small area (~60 mile radius of Bristol)...

I would have thought there's plenty of options available nearby, either with local firms or nationwide.

just general support and maintance

Depends on what sort of services your looking at TBH?

anyone know of any companies that may be looking into this as I am having trouble getting contracts