router

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?)

Hopefully this is the right newsgroup.

I have 4 PC connected at home ( when my sons come home from University for
the holidays.) (UK)

we use broadband 1 Meg from Pipex and we are all networked using cable. My
PC is the host and has to be on if any of the other PC's want to connect to
the internet.

Also I have Zone Alarm ( free version) on my PC but when this is on, the
network connections fail. I have tried many times to set up a trusted
network but without success.

I read somewhere that if I use a router it will allow any PC to connect at
any time and has a firewall inbuilt.

Is this so, and any recommendations please.


Dave

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?)

If you are in UK, MS does support their router there.

If you turn ICS on the base PC, and assign static IP's to
the others within the subnet 192.168.1.x (mask
255.255.255.0, gateway and DNS 192.168.1.1), then by
simply putting the *subnet* 192.168.x.x on the trusted
zone, all computers can reach the Internet and network
together.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hopefully this is the right newsgroup.
>
>I have 4 PC connected at home ( when my sons come home
from University for
>the holidays.) (UK)
>
>we use broadband 1 Meg from Pipex and we are all
networked using cable. My
>PC is the host and has to be on if any of the other PC's
want to connect to
>the internet.
>
>Also I have Zone Alarm ( free version) on my PC but when
this is on, the
>network connections fail. I have tried many times to set
up a trusted
>network but without success.
>
>I read somewhere that if I use a router it will allow
any PC to connect at
>any time and has a firewall inbuilt.
>
>Is this so, and any recommendations please.
>
>
>Dave
>
>
>.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?)

Many thanks, I will try that now

Dave
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1b99d01c450c3$87d8be70$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> If you are in UK, MS does support their router there.
>
> If you turn ICS on the base PC, and assign static IP's to
> the others within the subnet 192.168.1.x (mask
> 255.255.255.0, gateway and DNS 192.168.1.1), then by
> simply putting the *subnet* 192.168.x.x on the trusted
> zone, all computers can reach the Internet and network
> together.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hopefully this is the right newsgroup.
> >
> >I have 4 PC connected at home ( when my sons come home
> from University for
> >the holidays.) (UK)
> >
> >we use broadband 1 Meg from Pipex and we are all
> networked using cable. My
> >PC is the host and has to be on if any of the other PC's
> want to connect to
> >the internet.
> >
> >Also I have Zone Alarm ( free version) on my PC but when
> this is on, the
> >network connections fail. I have tried many times to set
> up a trusted
> >network but without success.
> >
> >I read somewhere that if I use a router it will allow
> any PC to connect at
> >any time and has a firewall inbuilt.
> >
> >Is this so, and any recommendations please.
> >
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >
> >.
> >