I highly recommend a router from someone like D-Link or Linksys. For under $100 you can get a gateway router that will let both computers share your connection. One computer can be used as a server if you want to run games or a website, say, but when the job of managing the net connection is offloaded to the router, I find Windows to be much happier (and my DSL connection works much better). The routers made by D-Link and Linksys are super-easy to set up and configure, at least where basic networking is concerned. I think they're pretty flexible with their advanced features, too, but I've never messed with mine.
If all you want to do is share a net connection there's no need to turn one computer into server. On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Kevin Tarr wrote: > Whenever Verizon gets off their a** and gets it done, I will be hooked up, > again, with DSL. I have two machines, an 800 and a 350. I'm using Intell > Anypoint for the internal network. I see lots of talk about having a > 'server' but it seems the slower computer is being used for it. Would that > way be better? Have the slower computer to just hook up to the network and > the other for doing 'stuff'? Becuase of certain files unless I dual-boot I > have to keep Win98 on the slow computer, and other reasons I'm keeping and > using the slow computer, for now. > > If it's no big deal then I will use fast computer for hooking to the DSL and > other things, but just wondering. > > Bought HUGE monitor, it's great. > > Kevin T. > Thanks for the help. > > Marvin Long Austin, Texas
