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Originally Posted by Rob C
Most users will see a performance increase by swapping from USB to ethernet, simply because ethernet uses dedicated hardware on your PC rather than general PC resources under USB.
I'm not quite clear from your post exactly how your are connecting, but it sounds like you are not using a router, and thus you are trying to use internet connection sharing. For ICS to be successful your master PC needs two ethernet based network cards.
Using ICS your wiring via ethernet should be:
modem <> master PC network card #1
master PC network card #2 <> second PC network card.
You will need to establish the internet connection on the master PC (remember to reboot that modem and the PC). Once you have the master PC setup OK, you then need to run the Internet Connection Sharing Wizard (check under network connections in Windows).
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soz i wasnt clear enough for u... ok, let me clarify...
FIRSTLY THERE IS NO ROUTER
2 computers are connected via ethernet directly.
master computer has modem connected directly via USB.
IGNORING the network connection, using the SAME NETWORK CARD on the master pc, i want to connect the MODEM using ETHERNET. Doing so after the computer starts up the internet fails to work since i cannot obtain an ip address....... once the internet starts to work on the master computer, then i can get another network card and get it going on the secondary computer, BUT IT WONT WORK ON THE MASTER COMPUTER IN THE FIRST PLACE
btw, sorry for posting in wrong section... [again
], but this isnt about the networking part, but about connecting via ethernet in the first place
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Originally Posted by homealone
In principle ethernet should be faster than USB, but only if it is a 10/100 card, as a 10Mb/s card cannot operate full duplex at that speed.
I'm a bit confused, though - you are only trying to get the one PC online, for now, aren't you? To connect both you will need two cards in the host machine & enable internet connection sharing.
Assuming it is just the one PC & a straight through, not crossover cable, it should simply be a case of turning it all off, connecting the network card to the modem, turning the modem on, leaving it 30 secs for the sync & ready lights to stabilise, then turning on the PC - it should pick up an IP.
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MY NETWORK CARD IS THIS...
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
but i am not too sure about the speed of 10/100mb thingy....
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
yes i want to only get the master comp online, but IT WILL NOT OBTAIN AN IP!!!..... that is the prob!!!