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I have a copy of;

Easy Does It - by Hardin Brothers (Practical WINDOWS, Number 42, November
1998)

If you have more than one Windows computer, it's time you networked them
together. It's easier and cheaper than you think.

This is his intro and the rest is in Word and rather large
8pages, 4200 words +
 (scanned for me by Steve Ross, he used it and it worked)
let  me know if you want it I may paste it here as an attachment,
for  the benefit of all.
Jdr
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"I 'LL ADMIT IT: I felt intimidated the first time I installed a network. By
that time, I'd worked with personal computers for two decades, but suddenly
I faced hardware I didn't understand, dozens of acronyms that made no sense
to me, and a handful of concepts I'd never even considered. In the end,
though, I realized that installing a small network was much easier than,
say, installing a scanner or a backup tape drive.
When I decided to network the computers in our home offices, my wife Christy
had similar feelings of trepidation. Why did she have to learn something
new? Was it going to be difficult to use? But she soon felt so comfortable
with the network that, when one of our puppies used the cabling as a chew
toy, Christy felt the inconvenience of having it down for a day much more
than I did.
I was reminded of those feelings this month when I received four separate
reader letters asking about networks. One reader asked how expensive it
would be to install a small-office network, another wanted to know if she
needed to hire an expert to install a home network, and the others asked me
to recommend a book with good step-by-step instructions.
I can do better than that; I 11 dedicate this installment of Q&A to clearing
up questions on small Windows networks. That'll save you not only the cost
of a weighty tome but also the frustration of wading through mountains of
text to uncover relevant information. After reading just few magazine pages,
you'll have the knowledge you need to buy equipment, which should cost less
than $100. You can have a two- or three-computer network up and running in
an afternoon. Before quitting time, you'll be so comfortable with the
network that you'll wonder why you waited so long to install it."


Terragen <not@here.com> wrote in message
news:1HwQ3.5413$MX.342750@news1.rdc2.on.home.com...
> I think 40 bucks a month is enough to pay without having them rip you off
> for more addresses. This is a lie they use to get you to pay more money. I
> have the same problem, only one computer can get the modem at a time, and
it
> is all set up correctly, but the thing is, my friend has 3 computers all
of
> which are on SIMULTANEOUSLY, without the need for a proxy (the modem goes
in
> his uplink port) or the need to buy additional numbers. My problem is that
> he can not remember how he set it up, so I was wondering if anyone could
> tell me how it is done, because i know it IS possible to share the modem
at
> the same time, with only one number and no proxy.
>
> <GulDukat@Cardassia.com> wrote in message
> news:ru8rbt5olg773@news.supernews.com...
> > Ok, I just finished going through this with my home "network" system.
> >
> > If you are going to hook it up that way you will need to purchase a IP
> > address for each computer from you cable modem service.  And the Cable
> Modem
> > must be plugged into slot 1 which should be labeled "MDI" (I don't know
> what
> > it stands for).  The computers go into the "MDI-X" ports.  If you only
> have
> > one IP address then the first computer to grab the cable modem gets to
use
> > it, the other one lost out and will not connect to the internet.
> >
> > I suggest WIN98SE with Internet Connect Sharing.  I set my system up his
> > way.  The Cable Modem is plugged into the "Main" computer, Then the
other
> > computer is connected with the hub (2 NICS in one computer, one for
modem,
> > one for hub).  Internet Connect Sharing switches the IP address as
needed
> to
> > get all the computers connected at once and can share the same internet
> > connection.
>
>
>