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Thanks Mike, that's all I needed to know.


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike [mailto:mikee@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 12:02 PM
To: Joe
Cc: Omega-List@xxxxxxx Com
Subject: Re: Off Topic - Wireless Routers


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