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by reedmb

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Let me see if this is correct: I have 2 computers in my house connecting to the internet via the same telephone line. When I network them via phoneline networking, I will be able to connect to the internet simultaneoulsy on both computers and use the telephone...?

Let me know if this is correct.

Thanks in advance for the help

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by mckaytech

Phoneline network actually has little to nothing to do with the normal function of the phone line - it is just using the existing telephone wires to carry the network traffic. As a result, it only supplies the connection between computers and does not directly connect those computers to either the Internet or the PSTN (public switched telephone network).

To connect the networked computers to the Internet, you still need a dialup modem connection from one of the workstations to an ISP. Then you can then run Internet Connection Sharing on that computer to share the Internet with the rest of the computers.

paul

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