Tuesday, February 16, 2010

How to setup a home internet connection.



Setup Home Internet Connection
In order to setup your own network with internet connection, firstly you need a PC, modem, and your ISP (Internet Service Provider). With computers getting cheaper and cheaper these days, it is not uncommon for a household to have more than one PC. If that describes you, then you have probably found yourself in the situation where you wished you could access the other PC to retrieve a file, use the printer attached to the other PC, play multi-player computer games, or most importantly share your broadband Internet access such as cable or DSL modem with the other PC.
To accomplish this all you need is a home network where you connect two or more PCs. There are several ways of doing this with the main difference being cost, security, and reliability. Let's first look at the different scenarios.
As you can see below, Fig. A-1, there is a cloud which is your ISP then connected to your modem then connected to your computer as you can see.
Figure A-1
Your cable/DSL modem plugs straight into the computer. The computer is exposed to the public Internet (indicated by the color red). There is no connection for more than one computer. You only have one IP address from your ISP.

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