[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by ideoplastic

Thanks very much to all for the very informative replies.

I've contacted NTL to subscribe to the BB service and I'm awaiting their
call to confirm all OK. Unfortunately waiting almost another year until the
exchange is upgraded is almost impossible to bear.

If I may just bother you guys with a couple more questions, I would be very
grateful.

Is it possible to have more than one connection point in the house, say
in different rooms?

Also what equipment is used to connect? Is it connected to the PC
say via USB or will I need to add come sort of Network card.

Thanks


JB

You can connect with USB or ethernet card, I would recommend the latter, especially as you can get them for under £5 these days and because of the second question (i'm answering them backwards)

Multiple connection points. NTL will give you one IP address, so only one piece of hardware can be connected directly to the NTL Cable Modem and realistically you will not want to be shlepping the CM around the house when you want to connect elsewhere, though NTL could put two Cable termination points in the house.

For multiple locations / PCs you are best to build a home network, it's very simple, you get a Router (Linksys are the ones I would recommend), plug this into the CM, plug the PC into this (you need an ethernet card if you do this), then you can run other ethernet cables to where you want the additional access. Or you can get a wireless router and card, then you are wirefree and can go anywhere in range - if you do this it is best to get NTL to place the CM centrally to the house so that your wirless signal distributes evenly through the place.

Have a search (on the top menu) for network or wireless network on here and you'll be able to get plenty of information.