Okay, so here is my situation. I have a plain ol computer running Windows XP, and it has an integrated NIC. My home network consists of 3 other computers, taking up the rest of the Ethernet ports in my router. So that is 1 modem connected to 1 router that provides internet to 4 computers. One of the computers used to be wireless but recently had many problems and now must be hardwired. My phone service Vonage needs an internet port as well, but all 4 computers must be connected to the net at all times.
So this is what I did. I purchased an additional NIC for my computer and installed it hoping I could keep my computer connected to my router and use the additional NIC to supply the Vonage device with the internet it needs. This does not work because the new NIC overrides the old one, and I’m not sure how to go about fixing this. Any suggestions?
The Basic setup I want :
1 modem connects to 1 router that supplies internet to 4 computers via RJ-45 cables. I want to install an additional NIC (Linksys Etherfast 10/100) to my computer and use it to supply the internet to my Vonage device. How can I do this and make it work? Thank you very much for any answers. If you need more specs, I will post them.
