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To: Colin Cody who wrote (2313)	9/5/1998 9:04:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>The $300 cable modem and the $40 monthly access connect ONE P.C. to the internet. I have three or four P.C. in the same location that I'd like to connect (preferrably at the same time). RATHER than pay the cable company nearly DOUBLE the fee, I understand that there is equipment called a ROUTER that lets four P.C.s all communicate over ONE modem.<< I suggest you also looked into using the same solution Street Walker used to connect 3 PCs to his InterJet ISP connection. See Post number 2292 exchange2000.com in this thread. I have never seen a posting from anybody who tried connecting multiple PCs to one cable modem but because what you are doing is so similar to what Street Walker is doing it should work. Unless there are hidden gotchas I don't know about. You will need a network interface card in each PC, a Hub, and network translation software similar to SyGate.

To: Colin Cody who wrote (2313)	9/5/1998 10:53:00 PM
From: shadowman	Respond to of 14778

Colin, The previous post to HH, probably should have been posted to you. Sorry HH.

To: Colin Cody who wrote (2313)	9/6/1998 11:48:00 PM
From: Street Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Cable Modem/Network Cards/Sygate instead of router You are in luck, as Howard referred you to my previous post, I just finished doing what you are about to do. Its very inexpensive and will work without a hitch using a cable modem. Cable Modem: When you sign up for your cable modem service, they will most likely have made a deal with a cable modem provider for you to purchase. Network Cards/hubs: I sweated over this at first because I was in uncharted territory for me. It ended up being very simple. I bought 3 SMC brand 10 mbps network cards at CompUSA for $20 and a Linksys 5 port hub for $50, and the wiring to connect the hubs to the cards. As I stated before, set up a business account so they can knock the price down on the hub. It looks like you'll be networking 3 computers for now. The 500mhz NT 5 is a ways off :-) If you are going to network 3 computers and use a cable modem, you will need 4 network cards - will explain later. After you purchase the hardware, open your computer cases up and install the cards (be sure to discharge your personal electricity before touching the hardware - instructions will be included). SYGATE version 2.0 Beta (has bugs worked out from previous version): Choose one computer to be your gateway computer to the internet. Install two network cards into this one. Then go download the following $50 software (that acts like a router without the expense) sygate.com At one of the pages on their site, sygate.com you will see the set-up for using a cable modem. It feeds into one network card, and then the other network card is used for networking to the other computers. Sygate is easy to use. All you do is download it and it starts working after assigning IP addresses to each computer. The instructions at Sygate were easy for me to follow and I know very little when it comes to the software kind a stuff. When you get your hardware, let me know and I'll give further very simple instructions on how my network was set up. Will only take about 20 minutes to network three computers after the hardware is installed. If you've done a TCP network before, it would only take 5 minutes. Us beginners take longer. Regards, S.W.

To: Colin Cody who wrote (2313)	9/7/1998 12:13:00 AM
From: Street Walker	Respond to of 14778

Windows Magazine favors Sygate "I've tried several solutions, and my personal favorite is SyGate (http://www.sygate.com -it's brain-dead simple to install and very inexpensive. I set up SyGate to allow four Win9x machines to share an ISDN "modem" (terminal adapter) that's connected to one of the machines. If that machine is online, SyGate lets any additional machines that need Internet access share the existing connection. If the modem is offline, SyGate automatically starts a new dial-up networking session. Either way, SyGate lets all the machines on the network access the Internet exactly as if they had their own private connection. In fact, SyGate works so smoothly and invisibly, I normally don't even notice it's there. It took only 5 minutes to install and set up SyGate. The setup is the simplest of all the software I tried, and the instructions provide ample detail. Technically, SyGate is a gateway (for definitions of any unfamiliar terms in this column, check out CMP Media's Tech Encyclopedia at techweb.com. It provides DNS forwarding and dynamic IP address capture, so you don't have to do anything to get your client applications to work with it. Everything just works: HTTP, HTTPS, POP3, NNTP, SMTP, Telnet, FTP, IRC, ICQ, NetMeeting and so on. But wait, as they say, there's more: SyGate also serves as a firewall, preventing unwanted inbound connections. And it's very, very inexpensive: SyGate offers a free trial version (limited to 50MB of data transfer) and full versions in three flavors: $49 for a three-machine license, $99 for six machines and $199 for an unlimited license." Windows Magazine Senior editor winmag.com NOTE: The $49 (three machine version) does not count the gateway computer. So its your gateway computer PLUS three OTHER computers for $49. What a deal.

To: Colin Cody who wrote (2313)	9/7/1998 10:35:00 AM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

I need to acquire a special "cable modem" for $300, plus I need to "subscribe" for $40 a month in lieu of my dial-up ISP provider. Can these modems also be purchased on the open market? If one has his own cable modem, can it just be connected to the "T.V. cable line" with a splitter and presto, you're on-line? Or is that $40 access fee for something more than just e.mail access, an internet I.D. name, and other value-added services??? In short - is there any reason to try to acquire my own cable modem "box"??? You can probably buy one but their are different non compatible types. Buy it from your cable vendor? Is the Vendor @HOME? Can't have a splitter in the path with the cable modem or at least not the normal kind you have a home. You would need a cable router if you went that route. Software like Wingate and I imagine Sygate will work as a socks/nat/proxy for your machines to all acess the internet. Cost is cheap.... wingate.net can someone post the sygate URL?? also realize its quite a bargain considering here I pay $18 for a pone line and 20$ for ISP. So basically your paying a extra $2. Great deal eh.... Sean