Hi all. tricky question as i haven't really had much xpaireance with networking. currently the 4 machines @ our house are just for gaming & communicate on lan via a 5port gig'a switch. (no net just yet)
in a day or two i am to recieve an adsl router/modem so i can do a bitsa surfing/downloading/play games online/etc.
@ the mo i only have 1 network card in my machine, so when this thing arrives that port will be taken up by the modem & i shant be able to be connected to the home lan switch. the modem/router - dsl-g604t - has not only the port for connecting my machine to it (adsl port) but also 4x lan ports. (heres my tricky ugly question)
i want to be able to have the modem connected to my machine obviously, but can i also run a cable off 1 of the lan ports on the modem back to the household lan switch so that i can still play games within the house?
if that can be done easy enough...will that mean that the internet connection comming in via the modem will be also be distributed via the household lan to the other computers...? & if it will be distributed in such a fashon can it be controled to only 1 of the computers (some1 who has agreed to go 1/2'ies on cost) by config within the modem...?
(i don't acutally have the modem just yet & there mayb a manual that shows basic settings for it but i doubt i would have such detailed explainations for scenario's within it, so im hoping some1 has encountered such things previously & could share their wisdom! i have also mailed this question to the maker of the modem - dlink - in the hope that they might have a straight forward answer)
hope i worded that ok so u's can comprehend it.
muchly tankx. :monkey:
in a day or two i am to recieve an adsl router/modem so i can do a bitsa surfing/downloading/play games online/etc.
@ the mo i only have 1 network card in my machine, so when this thing arrives that port will be taken up by the modem & i shant be able to be connected to the home lan switch. the modem/router - dsl-g604t - has not only the port for connecting my machine to it (adsl port) but also 4x lan ports. (heres my tricky ugly question)
i want to be able to have the modem connected to my machine obviously, but can i also run a cable off 1 of the lan ports on the modem back to the household lan switch so that i can still play games within the house?
if that can be done easy enough...will that mean that the internet connection comming in via the modem will be also be distributed via the household lan to the other computers...? & if it will be distributed in such a fashon can it be controled to only 1 of the computers (some1 who has agreed to go 1/2'ies on cost) by config within the modem...?
(i don't acutally have the modem just yet & there mayb a manual that shows basic settings for it but i doubt i would have such detailed explainations for scenario's within it, so im hoping some1 has encountered such things previously & could share their wisdom! i have also mailed this question to the maker of the modem - dlink - in the hope that they might have a straight forward answer)
hope i worded that ok so u's can comprehend it.
muchly tankx. :monkey: