Can you use BOTH ethernet and USB???

[mr2gti]

Here's the scenario, 1 PC running on USB, older slower PC about to be installed in the next room, can the NTL Broadband box act as a Modem ROUTER and use both Ethernet and USB ports, sharing the bandwidth?

Many thanks Folks.

[daxx]

simple quick answer .

NO

buy a router they are cheap enough nowadays

[Raistlin]

Assuming that when you say "NTL Broadband box" you mean the Cable TV box and not the NTL Cable Modem?

If you mean the Set Top Box, then I'm not sure but I would have thought that you would be better off with a router. Preferably a nice wireless one that would save you having to have all those cables all over the place.

If you mean the Cable Modem then you are definately going to want a router of some sort.
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Dang! Beaten to it..... Never mind.....

[mr2gti]

Cable modem lol.

So it's a no then, poop, i'll hunt for a router then.

Thanks for the advice though.

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by mr2gti

Cable modem lol.

So it's a no then, poop, i'll hunt for a router then.

Thanks for the advice though.

if you pay ntl an extra £2 a month (console service) then you can use usb and ethernet at the same time

MB

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by mr2gti

Cable modem lol.

So it's a no then, poop, i'll hunt for a router then.

Thanks for the advice though.

Linksys BEFSR41 4-port NAT router. £31.97 at Amazon including delivery - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...004445-1549403

[jellybaby]

Or for a few quid extra, you can have the wireless one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...054566-2933210

[mr2gti]

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

if you pay ntl an extra £2 a month (console service) then you can use usb and ethernet at the same time

MB

thats the route im taking I think.

It's for the old man and my sister, so they can squobble on costs, i'll just set up.

If I go onto the console service, is it just a normal install still on both? (as they both now run once connected up)

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by mr2gti

thats the route im taking I think.

It's for the old man and my sister, so they can squobble on costs, i'll just set up.

Much cheaper in the long run to buy a router.

1 year sub to the console service = £24

Then after two years you'll have spent £48.... and so on.

*Plus* I believe there is also a set-up fee of some sort (well, there certainly used to be).


Whereas you can get a decent router for around 30 quid *one off cost* ! Much better option IMO. Cheaper in the long run, & *very* easy to set up & use. Also gives some room for expansion, in case you ever want to add any more PCs, or a console. Also means you're not at risk of paying for the console service but not actually receiving 2 IP addresses (OK, doesn't happen to everyone, but I've seen more than one thread here where people have had problems with it, & have been paying for it yet only received 1 IP).

Originally Posted by mr2gti

If I go onto the console service, is it just a normal install still on both? (as they both now run once connected up)

Shouldn't be any need to install anything. Once ntl have activated the console service & provided you with a 2nd IP address, it should simply just be a matter of plugging one PC into the ethernet port & one into the USB port (AFAIK).

[mr2gti]

I'm on Pipex broadband, via a Router, and know that the router incorps the modem.
How does the router configure to the modem, as you cannot set-up using a CD for it?
But agree'd the idea is better.
There won't though EVER be a console attached or any other PC's.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by mr2gti

I'm on Pipex broadband, via a Router, and know that the router incorps the modem.
How does the router configure to the modem, as you cannot set-up using a CD for it?
But agree'd the idea is better.
There won't though EVER be a console attached or any other PC's.

No configuration is needed, as with cable broadband there is no "log in" like you have with ADSL.

The "WAN" port of the router connects to the ethernet port on the existing ntl cable modem, & the router simply obtains an IP address via DHCP, just like a PC connected directly to the cable modem would do.


Also, another benefit of using a router instead of the ntl console service (on top of the fact that it's a lot cheaper), is that the router acts as a firewall as well as sharing the internet connection.

[mr2gti]

and presumably a network interface?