hello big
hey, how's the operating system upgrade plan going #reply-15838104 ?
re, "Is this Linky thing what I would need to serve as my "hub" in the central location to split off to the various users?"....
i must be careful offering advice here, big, in that i am also learning the subject. that said <g>, i would call attention to your use of the term hub when referring to the linksys router. they are two different pieces of equipment that, to a great degree, appear to share in common many networking tasks. but they are different from one another. i leave it to you to learn what you can about the two webopedia.internet.com , but i wanted to draw the distinction. the device i referenced in this post #reply-15923120 is a router. the linksys site has tons of info on it about their equipment.
part of the reason i spend so much time on the hub vs. the router distinction is that recently i read a post from a thread member in which he was experiencing a great deal of difficulty networking his puters, and as i recall, he commented that he had purchased a hub prior to thoroughly investigating things, and now he was coming to the conclusion that what he really should have bought was a router. so there really is a point to all of this yammering, big.
but "Is this Linky thing what I would need?".... YES. check this quote from the linksys cable/dsl router intro page....
"In this site, you'll find personalized technical support for setting up your Linksys Cable/DSL Router, designed to protect your high-speed Internet connection, which you can share with up to 253 users!"
so it looks like you could put a pc in every room, big, and still have a few left over, eh? <g3>
re, "does each user computer have to have anything installed in order to be able to "receive" the incoming cable and cable modem signal?"
yes, each pc will need a network adapter card, sometimes called an ethernet card, sometimes called a network interface card (nic). the Linksys Ethernet Network EtherFast 10/100 LAN Adapter Card looks like a winner, though others will work fine.
"Does each computer have to have a cable modem?"
no. that's what the router is doing... sharing the high-speed connection with multiple users.
hope some of this helps
:)
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