I have a Pentium III with plenty of RAM and WinXP and another Pentium MMX with little RAM running Win2000 (WinXP won't run because of the small amount of RAM). Both computers have network cards, and are connected through HomePlug adapters. I connect to the net through a Motorola SurfBoard cable modem, connected to a second network card on the PenIII.
Now to my problem - I wish to connect both to the internet without buying any new equipment, while having a secure home network. The weaker computer is incapable of running a firewall/antivirus in the background. What type of configuration do you recommend - specifically what protocol for the home network - the client for microsoft networks doesn't seem to work for some reason - maybe a configuration error. Should I use NetBEUI or IPX? How do I configure them? How do I let the weaker computer distinguish between internet traffic and local traffic when they are both coming in through the same connection?
And as a closing comment I'll just say the windows KB and help files are quite useless - I've read enormous amounts of useless information leading me in circles...
Now to my problem - I wish to connect both to the internet without buying any new equipment, while having a secure home network. The weaker computer is incapable of running a firewall/antivirus in the background. What type of configuration do you recommend - specifically what protocol for the home network - the client for microsoft networks doesn't seem to work for some reason - maybe a configuration error. Should I use NetBEUI or IPX? How do I configure them? How do I let the weaker computer distinguish between internet traffic and local traffic when they are both coming in through the same connection?
And as a closing comment I'll just say the windows KB and help files are quite useless - I've read enormous amounts of useless information leading me in circles...