My Broadband conection goes to the router
1- eCS runs by cable
2- My sisters Mac by wireless
3- my WinXP by wire & by wireless
4- wire conection for Guest
5 neighbour by wireless
NO SHARED FILES
Router worked right out of the box
Regards Al
In <list-2231980@2rosenthals.com>, on 12/22/2008
at 02:39 PM, "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
said:
>Hi, Walter, and welcome to the discussion...
>On 12/22/08 07:00 am, W. J. Myles thus wrote :
>> Hi
>>
>> My wife has a new high speed internet connection for her Windows
>> Vista machine and I would like to take advantage of it for my eCS 1.1
>> computer. I am presently on dial-up using Injoy.
>>
>> Where may I find a good source of information on the hardware and
>> software required to set up a connection. I expect that I will need
>> a router to take advantage of her broadband connection but I don't
>> need to connect and share files with her computer. I am, of course,
>> a complete networking novice.
>>
>>
>Okay, we'll need some more information in order to give you details:
> 1. What type of internet service does your wife have?
> 2. Who is the internet service provider?
> 3. Is your wife's computer connected directly to the box provided by
> the internet service provider (cable box, DSL, etc.)?
> 4. What is the make & model of the internet service provider's box?
> (Look for a label on the back or on the bottom.)
> 5. How do you want to connect to the service? Do you have wireless
> capabilities in your eCS machine, or will you be using a network
> cable?
>While this topic may fall slightly outside the realm of wireless
>networking with OS/2 and eCS, the list has been quiet, and we often
>delve into tangential matters, usually networking-related. If anyone
>on-list has an issue with this discussion going OT for a little bit
>(I've prepended the subject), please let me know, and I'll take this
>off-list.
>Cheers/2
>PS - Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate, and an upcoming Merry
>Christmas. :-)
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