Re: e Signal and MS 7.03

["Joe Duffy" <joeduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the help. This all started because apparently 
one cannot get Eurex on BMI satellite. 
 
For some people I couldn't determine their return e-mail 
for a personal thank you, but I do appreciate all those who took the time out to 
share their experience and knowledge. 
 
 
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  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: 
  <A href="mailto:onwingsofeagles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"; 
  title=onwingsofeagles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Gitanshu Buch 
  To: <A 
  href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"; 
  title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:03 
  PM
  Subject: Re: e Signal and MS 7.03
  
  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.