I need help connecting 2 computers to the internet.
Here's what I have:
1 desktop running XP Pro
1 laptop running Win2000
1 Linksys NH105 5 port hub (with Uplink)
1 cable modem connection
The scenario:
The desktop is my personal computer. The laptop is a work machine and therefore it belongs to a domain.
I want to be able to have internet access from both machines at home. I do not need the machines to share resources - I just want to be able to gain access to the internet from both simultaneously.
I can get one machine only at a time on the internet through the hub even though both machines indicate they have a Local Area Connection.
Here is the scenario tonight:
1. I'm using my desktop to surf the web.
2. I decide to do some work and therefore turn my laptop on and plug my laptop network cable into the hub.
3. I lose internet access on my desktop.
4. I gain internet access on my laptop.
5. I take a break and leave both machines.
6. I return and my desktop is in sleep mode.
7. I reactivate my desktop and it restores it's internet connection.
8. I lose my internet access on my laptop.
Any ideas on how to properly configure this? I know it should be fairly easy, but I'm not much of a techie. I thought I would just be able to run network cables from my machines to the hub and another network cable from the uplink on the hub to the cable modem and have internet access on both machines.
Thanks in advance,
B
Here's what I have:
1 desktop running XP Pro
1 laptop running Win2000
1 Linksys NH105 5 port hub (with Uplink)
1 cable modem connection
The scenario:
The desktop is my personal computer. The laptop is a work machine and therefore it belongs to a domain.
I want to be able to have internet access from both machines at home. I do not need the machines to share resources - I just want to be able to gain access to the internet from both simultaneously.
I can get one machine only at a time on the internet through the hub even though both machines indicate they have a Local Area Connection.
Here is the scenario tonight:
1. I'm using my desktop to surf the web.
2. I decide to do some work and therefore turn my laptop on and plug my laptop network cable into the hub.
3. I lose internet access on my desktop.
4. I gain internet access on my laptop.
5. I take a break and leave both machines.
6. I return and my desktop is in sleep mode.
7. I reactivate my desktop and it restores it's internet connection.
8. I lose my internet access on my laptop.
Any ideas on how to properly configure this? I know it should be fairly easy, but I'm not much of a techie. I thought I would just be able to run network cables from my machines to the hub and another network cable from the uplink on the hub to the cable modem and have internet access on both machines.
Thanks in advance,
B