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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Joe wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> Sorry for the off topic post, but I have been unable to get an answer to
> this question.
>
> I recently purchased a D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router, which I have not
> installed yet. I have 4 computers in my home that I want to share my high
> speed cable internet connection between and network with a simple peer to
> peer network. All computers ( 2 desktop PC's and 2 notebooks ) run Windows
> XP Home with Service Pack 2 installed.
>
> My question is:
>
> Do I have to physically connect the router to one of the desktop PC's with
> an Ethernet cable? I really do not want to do this due to the location the
> cable comes into my house. I would greatly prefer to physically connect the
> router only to the cable modem, then connect all 4 computers to the router
> wirelessly. Is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Schedlbauer
>
>
Connect the router to your cable/dsl modem. Put wireless interface cards
in all other machines.
Mike
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