TurboTibby

Depending on the DSL Modem model, you can modify it to work as a router... but just do yourself a favor and listen to everyone else. Good luck.

AgentMurdoc

yeah go wireless, I got a wireless card for my desktop, a wireless card for my laptop, and the router for like 70 bucks or something like that.

Cray91

If you go wireless, go 802.11b, no need to go to G or anything. Your transfer rate will be fine with that.

88crxSi

not sure how your works.. but for mine, i can purchase an extra IP for $10/mo and use a hub. they are cheaper than routers, but $10/mo adds up.

4Aaron GE

Damn right it adds up. After 3 months of paying Rogers/Cogeco/Shaw/whoever the extra $10 a month, you could have a wireless router.

PureCRXtasy

The only advantage I see to paying the extra $10 a month is that that extra IP address is another full bandwidth connection. Using a router, you're sharing the bandwidth of the single IP. Once you start getting 4-6 computers/devices all dowloading crap all at once, it starts to bog down a bit. Plus there ways to combine bandwidth from 2 coneections into one shared connection, which could be fun to play with..

SpeedyJAY

A cheap router wouldnt set you back much....

to use the modem you would need anouther MAC address which is what identifies your modem in the internet stream (each modem has a differnet MAC address imprinted , to get the MAC registered you need to pay $$$

A router takes that MAC and would split it into the multiple IP's you need to run multiple computers

Hope that helps

ssl2k

---- all that ----

if you're going to just run 2 computers on the one line, get another network card for your desktip and a cross over cable. setup the desktop as a gateway and bam....both comps hooked up no problem and you dont have to deal with a hub or switch.

now if you wanna run more than 2 comps, then get a hub or switch and the network card.

if you dont wanna deal with wires, then get a wireless card for your desktop and setup your lpatop and desktop in ad-hoc mode and run it like that. no dealing with a base station there.

also, stay with 11b. you dont need to spend the extra cash for anything else, plus it will let your neighbors get free internet becuase im sure you wont set it up correctly.

benifit of doing it this way?
-your isp doesn't see that you have multiple computers hooked up to your one line.
-if you know waht you're doing, you can setup the gateway as another firewall and block most ---- that will try to get to your laptop.
- yet again, if you know what you're doing, this can be a great setup for when you're out on the road and wanna get something from home...e.g. i had my file server on the 2nd level of my home network so i could ssh into the first box, then ssh to the 2nd box and then from there access my files. both boxes were different distros that were completley updated and patched,e tc etc so it offered a hell of a lot of security to my main computer and files.

down side?
- the gateway needs to be on at all times


hope my .02 helps

ToledoEF

Cant people jack your bandwidth with a wireless router?

accordepicenter

of course