AFAIK, you only need a static IP if you need others to have public access INTO your system. E.g., you have a site hosted on your own server, or you are running something like an FTP or email server ON YOUR OWN SYSTEM.
On additional equipment for networking, the only thing you will need with a dynamic IP is a switch (preferable) or hub. If you opt for the more expensive Pro plan with a static IP, then you MUST have a router. With the former, the DW6000 performs all IP assignments, but with the latter, a single static IP is provided by Direcway and you have to have the router to perform the necessary routing for your LAN. You will, of course, have to have appropriate ethernet patch cables for the hookups, but I assume you already have those. This is not just theory on my part; my LAN was set up this way for a couple of weeks before I shifted it over to my router so I could use the wireless capability of that. Re: your networking setting "disappearing," I really don't know. Never had any problems of that nature. I suggest that once you get the DW6000 installed and working with a single machine, then start by inserting a hub between that machine and the DW6000 and make sure it is working. Next, run the Win XP Networking Wizard and set up your network, even though at that point the one machine is all that will be on it. Once that is done, if your other machine is also Win XP, run the Network Wizard on that too (after hooking it into the hub) and make sure you assign it to the same network and workgroup. Finally, on each machine, in Windows Explorer (file manager, not browser) find the folders you want to share on the network, right-click each, select Properties, then the Sharing tab and make your selections. Mine stay as I set them until I go back and change them, with some of them having been set for several years. Best of luck. - Bill Hatcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -----Original Message----- From: Jim Dykes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 14:44 To: Bill Hatcher; Windows Home/SOHO Subject: Re: Satellite Internet When I opened the message, I found that Bill Hatcher had written: > Most people have no need of a static IP and unless you are a heavy downloader, > you don't need the additional download capacity (bigger FAP) afforded by the > Pro > plan. Thanks, Bill. What I upload/download is related to my eBay sales. Rarely, though, do I upload more than 20-30 auctions at a time anymore. Used to do 100 or so each day <smile>. > In your particular configuration, unless you NEED a static IP for some reason, > you are probably better off with a dynamic one. I never have known the advantage of a Static IP. > you will not need a router to network your and your wife's > machines. Just plug the DW6000 (satellite modem) into a switch as well as the > 2 > machines, and Voila! You are both on the internet via satellite with no other > equipment. Assuming you have the desired file and print sharing set up already > between the 2 machines, your network is complete. Hmmmm! The DirecWay site said we would need additional equipment. And, BTW, every time we set up networking on our systems it goes away! It'll work for a bit (file sharing, etc, etc) and then we can't "see" each other. Any ideas on that?... -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
