I recently had an ATT @home modem installed. The problem is that i now need to set up a network for the other computer that we have in order to share internet access. Both computers have ethernet cards, so i purchased a 20 foot crossover cable, which is definately long enough. I know how to setup the network between the 2 computers. The problem comes in with hardware conflicts. I'm using the usb 10/100 Ethernet adapter, which initially worked fine with my ethernet card that was installed. Soon afterwards, internet access went down, & i called @home support.
Service was not down in my area, and the technical support said that the problem is my ethernet card. He recommended me to go to system properties, device manager, network adapters, right click on my ethernet adpter, properties, disable in this hardware profile. This worked & my internet access was back up, but i cant setup the network without the ethernet card. I'd greatly prefer using the crossover cable for the network, can anyone help me?
Also, i'm not exaclty sure how to get the second ip for the other computer. Will my using a firewall have any affect on the net access on the other comp? Will sharing an internet connection slow my connection? Also, i'm not exactly sure how to do the network without enabling file
sharing (for security reasons). Any help would be greatly appreciated
thanx!
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