internet sharing?

Hi,

As far as the wiring goes, use CAT5 cable and mount proper connector plates in your walls for the most proffessional results.

But where do the wires go? Well ultimately they need to feed back to either a switch or a hub. You could put thisin the roof and have all the cables go there, or you could run them all back to one room and put the hub in there.

I like the roof idea as the cables are shorter and you're only running one (from each room) up to the roof rather than all four into one room (messy).

Consider running more cables than you think you'll need. Its better to do it al at once and if you decide to expand, then its easy.

For instance a cable to the kitchen might be useful when you start buying internet aware appliances in the future. A fridge that does its own shopping for example...

Finally the hub plugs into the machine that is the ICS machine and you set up Internet connection sharing on it.

See the following site for details.

http://www.internet-sharing.com/

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Tim.

One site that I have gone to get answers is practicallynetworked.com It has EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about networking.

There are a lot of different ways to do what you want. PC Magazine tested home networks, wired and wireless, and found that wired was faster. The first thing you need is a broadband router/switch.These are made by many companies, dlink,3com,Linksys,SMC, etc. They are sometimes called broadband gateways. They cost about $70 - $200.
There is an array of features, so compare them carefullly to get one that has the features you want. Generally, they have DHCP, firewall, content filtering, remote access, and more. If you look for the current, MARCH 2002, issue of COMPUTER SHOPPER, there is an article that walks you step-by-step through the process of seting up broadband access for all your home computers.
Good Luck.

You will also want to use a router for sharing your internet connection. Also, if you've got money to burn you might want to go with a wireless network. You can't beat wireless for ease of setup (no cables to string). If you want cheapo internet sharing use 98se ICS. 10/100 rj45 network cards are $25-$30 each and if you plan to string cable all over the house you will need to buy a box of cable and a bag of rj45 connectors and make your own cables (you'll also need a crimper). Routers havea built in firewall and will hand out separate IPs to each computer. 98se ICS will have problems with ICQ and MSM and other stuff. You could also try Winproxy, it has a firewall as well and works pretty much like a router.

All of those are good answers. There are many options. I would also recommend checking out praticallynetworked.com as well to start. If you decide to go with a proxy server, check out www.analogx.com free servers. good luck and have fun!

Hi

Network and Cabling:
In a small environment such as home and office/home office (SOHO) with two or more networked computers,there are different types of home networking and cabling technologies are avialable:

1-Phone line networks shares the same home phone line withoutt interfering with phone calls.Please visit The Home Phoneline Networking Alliance site at.
http://www.homepna.org/
EarthLink Home Networking
http://www.earthlink.net/home/broadband/homenetwork/
2-Ethernet cabling network is good for use up to 10-12 computers where each room must be wired.Each system needs a network interface cards (NIC) inside it and interconnecting them with a coaxial cable or a twisted-pair (CAT5) cable.Kits are available from many vendors.The NIC must support the type of cable.
3-Wireless network such as frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS), Direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS),Bluetooth , radio free networks which uses radio frequency waves for transmition and it needs a network interface card or a transceiver plugged into the parallel port and there are other wireless technology.
4- Direct cable connection network allows you to connect 2 computers with a limit on distance which is a good option when two computers are in the same room.Uses serial or parralle and usb ports specil cables.
5-Power line network is expensive and has problems such as interference from other home applinces, difficult setup and slow.
Internet sharing:
In a small environment such as home and office/home office (SOHO) with two or more networked computers, Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is a great option. ICS lets all machines on your network use one machine's RAS connection (e.g., modem, ADSL, cable modem, ISDN) for Internetaccess without additional software. ICS is available on windows SE/ME/2K/XP operating systems as well as on Windows 2K/XP Server products.Other computers on the network don't have

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