forcer
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- Joined
- 18 Oct 2002
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i want to set some sort of network/connection sharing thing up at home.
but dont really know how to go about it.
basically i will have my main computer, which i use now! i have broadband connecting from the wall... to my cable modem, then to my ethernet card.
i will be buying a laptop, which i want to be able to use this connection, but only wireless so i can move freely with the laptop!
there will also be another computer in the house, which i will want to connect with aswell it wont be moving so it being wireless isnt really needed but that doesnt matter.
i would also like them to sorta have accounts...so my account would be the main admin account full privs. and then a limited account for other house members! my college uses novel client for this, would i just use the same thing, or something smaller?
any help appreciated.
what hardware? cables, cards, software etc... do i need?
if i'm using the laptop is it possible that it will show my hdds from my main system as network drives or something?
my knowledge on laptops is pretty limited, do laptops connect wirelessly through a card, usb ethernet? is it easy to emplement into old laptops ie all having a slot, or just certain things i need to look for
but dont really know how to go about it.
basically i will have my main computer, which i use now! i have broadband connecting from the wall... to my cable modem, then to my ethernet card.
i will be buying a laptop, which i want to be able to use this connection, but only wireless so i can move freely with the laptop!
there will also be another computer in the house, which i will want to connect with aswell it wont be moving so it being wireless isnt really needed but that doesnt matter.
i would also like them to sorta have accounts...so my account would be the main admin account full privs. and then a limited account for other house members! my college uses novel client for this, would i just use the same thing, or something smaller?
any help appreciated.
what hardware? cables, cards, software etc... do i need?
if i'm using the laptop is it possible that it will show my hdds from my main system as network drives or something?
my knowledge on laptops is pretty limited, do laptops connect wirelessly through a card, usb ethernet? is it easy to emplement into old laptops ie all having a slot, or just certain things i need to look for