Broadband sharing question

[Garfield99]

One of our customers has broadband and what he wants 2do is share that connection over a network

In all there will be 8 system's on the network and he just wants each station to have the use of the broadband.

Were in the Uk and i belive he's using NTL as his broadband supplier.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions on the best way he can do the connectiong of the network and the broadband sharing

[crazyman]

how big is the building? how far apart are the pc's?

I would do something like this,(less $)

or this,,(more $)

[Garfield99]

Thankyou for the links Crazy

Sorry i dont know the building size the network would be located in or how far apart the system's will be.

If there is a sizable distace between each system is the EtherFast® Cable/DSL Router with 8-Port Switch the best option out the 2.

Is there certain distance if your running broadband between locations via a router/hub that the performane drops or the connection is iffy.

Sorry if theses are dumb q's but what i know about broadband connecting and networking can be wrote on the back of a stamp.

Thanks again for any help with this

[Gollo]

Originally posted by Garfield99
Thankyou for the links Crazy

Sorry i dont know the building size the network would be located in or how far apart the system's will be.

If there is a sizable distace between each system is the EtherFast® Cable/DSL Router with 8-Port Switch the best option out the 2.

Is there certain distance if your running broadband between locations via a router/hub that the performane drops or the connection is iffy.

Sorry if theses are dumb q's but what i know about broadband connecting and networking can be wrote on the back of a stamp.

Thanks again for any help with this

The only time a network connection will get iffy or start dropping is if your cable runs are longer then 100m or if you run them parrallel with power cables. Other then that your connection should be rock solid. (that does not mean you wont have problems at some point in time because trust me you will).

[crazyman]

Originally posted by Garfield99
Thankyou for the links Crazy

Sorry i dont know the building size the network would be located in or how far apart the system's will be.

If there is a sizable distace between each system is the EtherFast® Cable/DSL Router with 8-Port Switch the best option out the 2.

Is there certain distance if your running broadband between locations via a router/hub that the performane drops or the connection is iffy.

Sorry if theses are dumb q's but what i know about broadband connecting and networking can be wrote on the back of a stamp.

Thanks again for any help with this

like Gollo said,the runs should be no more than 100m or 300 feet,

and if it were me,I would go with the "wired" system,enhanced CAT5 cable in 1000ft rolls are around $40(american),I prefer the security and ability to troubleshoot and repair easier IMHO with a "wired" system.I have a 4 pc "wired" system here at home with that linksys router/4 port switch,and the router will also give great security with the built-in firewall it has.

[Garfield99]

Thanks for all the help, i've managed 2 get some more info on the setup the cust may want.

For the network one of the systems may well be a Mac ( ) and the othere 7 just std pc's, do you know if this setup would cause problems in either the network setup or broadband configuration.

My boss had the thought of using a std 10/100 Nway switch hub and a separate ADSL router and just plug them together, as this is a cheaper option than having a hub/router bells and whistles box as its seems the cust as normal wants cheap but still wants everything, would that config be ok? i've pointed out the fact there going 2 need a firewall somewere in the chain hopefully the router there looking at comes comes with a firewall built in, but as its cheap i'm betting not sadly as yet they given me no specs on the router or hub there now looking at.

Thanks in advance for the help

[crazyman]

the mac will work on the network just fine.

and just about any combination of hubs or switches and a router will work fine too.

[Atodini]

Down here at Atodini Towers we're NTL broadband (600k) and we share the connection across our network with no problems. The NTL supplied router will not work if plugged into a hub / switch. We have one dedicated machine (the server) with 2 nic's, one connected to the network and the other to NTL's "cable modem". We regularly have 6-8 connections open simultaneously and all works really well.

All network machines are XP Pro with 2000 Advanced on the server and configuring them was a cinch!

Good Luck.......




NTL do take a dim view of people doing this however!: