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You can't split your single phone line + isp
account and have 2 computers simultaneously access the same internet
account on one active phone call connection.
To do what you want, either
a/ a network is needed to connect the computers to each other,
then the network talks to the isp account through the modem on either one of the
2 puters - and internally the computers talk to each other on the network. On a
56k connection, you are essentially splitting the pipe between the various user
programs (email, ie, signal etc) hence you will experience some delays, though
not much more loss than say 33% of current capacity - since signal is the
only continuous activity and the others are sporadic. On a cable modem/dsl
connection (fatter pipe compared to 56k modem) the speed is appreciably
higher.
or
b/ you need 2 phone lines, one dedicated to each puter. And
that means 2 separate isp accounts. Then you get the current state of
performance.
To do networking, you need a network card installed in each
puter - so each computer needs a free PCI slot - which should be there if your
systems are 3 or less years old, the network card costs about $75 each;
cable (CAT 5) to connect the 2 puters, costs about $10, the software that comes
with the network cards needs to be installed on each machine, and the operating
system (any Windows 98 or higher version will walk you though the procedure
described in the networking card manual's description). I prefer Windows ME
since it self-configures the network once the card installation into the pc
& the wiring between the puters is done.
Networking involves upfront costs, 2 phone lines involve
deferred costs. Networking pays for itself within months since you
still have only 1 isp account talking to the network (isp is blind to what
happens within the network).
Phone line installation is 1 week+ process, networking can be
done as soon as you visit the computer store since no new pipeline is being
installed at home, just the way the pipeline feeds into the puters.
The tradeoff is like commissions & full service
brokerage - pay now or pay later, in b-a spreads.
Gitanshu
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If I split my internet
phone line such that one part goes to the eSignal feed on one
computer, and another to another computer for IE, e-mail etc, will that
degrade the performance of each? Should I have two seperate phone lines?
Thanks.
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