Dan,
My sons each have a PC. I have an iMac, but I had a Centris before it. We had dial-up for seven years (until last week, when we got DSL). The way I connected all three computers to dial-up internet was by buying one of those little adapters (from Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, the grocery store...) that lets you connect TWO phones to ONE phone jack. In my case, I bought the adapter that lets you connect THREE phones to ONE phone jack. Then, we each plugged our respective computers into that adapter. The only thing we had to do was make sure one of the other computers wasn't on line. There is no external hardware or internal reprogramming necessary for this arrangement, other than that little 99 cent adapter. There is also no chain, since all three of us plugged directly to the adapter.
Now that we're on DSL, we've done basically the same thing. The DSL provider offered a free modem/router as part of the installation package. It lines in to my son's TRENDnet switch (which he already had for LAN party purposes), and then our three computers connect to the switch. This was not a work-around; in fact, the guy installing the DSL worked with my sons to make sure all three computers were able to get on-line before he left.
Claire
On Jun 18, 2004, at 2:32 PM, iMac List wrote:
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:09:31 -0600 Subject: This is from Dan_A he is having email problems. From: Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi list:
My granddaughter has 2 iMacs, 333 MHz and a 350 MHz running Jaguar and Panther respectively. I would like to use a 4 port D-Link wired ethernet router so they can both share the dialup connection using the internal modem. What's making it hard for me to figure out is the internal modem's place in the "chain". I've set this kind of thing up with a cable modem which is an easy path to understand. Is it at all possible to do this with dialup or do I need a different type of router- or a converter of some type? Thanks for your help in advance.
dan_A
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