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by bobaaa12

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Pacific Bell in their infinate wisdom sold me a Efficeint Networks Speedstream DSL modem which only has USB port for input.
The problem is that I want to network my two home computers and use 1 DSL connection/account but am unable to find a DSL router that can hook up to the modem. Pac Bell offers one for $350+ but that seems extremely high since a cable/DSL router can be had for under $100.
An alternate is Direct Tv service. They offer a "Gateway" for a small shipping charge which can accept 2 computers, but the person I talked to was unable to tell me if it also networked my computers together for file transfer etc.
Does anyone know how to hook into the existing USB modem, or have details regarding Direct Tv service?

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by tennessee tuxedo

I put network cards in each computer, and connected it all with a workgroup hub. Used Internet Connection Sharing and basically made the machine with the internet connection be the "server". It will give an IP address to the second machine upon login and both machines can use the same DSL connection. The downsides to this though are that the "server" has to always be on, even if you're not using it but want internet connectivity. The other problem is that Internet Connection Sharing sometimes runs into problems. I end up reinstalling it about once every few months. BUT, it's cheaper than buying a DSL Router.

by bobaaa12

Now I did it too, but took 2 days of trying to figure out the instructions for the proxy server. They were vary vague, and left way too much to your imagination. Also they were all on a website, so when I messed it up and lost connection ability they were useless. After setting my security connections to wildcards and deleting secondary proxies I had entered I finaly got it to work - what fun!

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