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If you want ease of use and SECURITY, try Winproxy from www.winproxy.com .
You can connect 2-500 computers while getting firewall protection and virus
protection if you want it. I ran 10 computers (email & internet browsing,
not heavy use) off 1 56K modem without problems for a year with it. We've
since replaced the modem with DSL, but still use Winproxy. I believe its
$50 for up to 5 machines. The sharing function of Win98 works well but
doesn't offer much security.
Dave D.
ddefina@xxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Allan Havemose
Sent: Feb 20, 2001 3:48 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: e Signal and MS 7.03
Here are your options:
With two computers and one phone line the simplest solution is to use
the internet sharing feature in Win98SE. It's probably also included in
WinME. That allows you to have two (actually multiple) computers
transparently share one modem and one ISP account.
A similar solution is also commercially available. I believe it's
called SyGate. Some of their products include firewall. www.sygate.com
Finally, I once saw a modem with a built-in ethernet/router. It was
made by linksys (www.linksys.com). That would allow you to use ethernet
between all your computers and have the modem provide net access for
all your ethernet connected devices.
Hope this helps !
Allan
--- David Jennings <davidjennings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gitanshu,
>
> Intigrued by your post. Have network etc. I had assumed I would need
> a router to achieve this. Is it as simple as using the machine with
> the modem as a gateway? Grateful if you could point me in the right
> direction for set up.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gitanshu Buch
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:03 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
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
=====
---
Allan Havemose, Ph.D.
havemose@xxxxxxxxxx
havemose@xxxxxxxxx
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