Rather often the situation when in one apartment not one, but two or is even more than computers meets. And, of course, each of users wants to have access to the worldwide information network and its opportunities. Therefore there is a question of distribution of the Internet.
It is required to you
- - cable patch cord,
- - switch
Instruction
1. Find out what type of connection to the Internet you use. The most popular is access on ADSL technology for today. The telephone line and the special device — the ADSL modem is used. The obligatory feature — from the modem to the telephone socket goes a thin cable. Other popular type of connection — intra house local area networks or other option of the selected cable connection. It looks so: the cable which is connected to the network interface card of the computer enters the apartment.
2. Define what modem at you. Modems are one-port and multiport. It is very simple to distinguish them by the number of connectors on the back panel. Look whether there are available seats near that cable which connects the modem and your computer. If is, your modem means multiport, you can connect the second computer the normal network cable. If the connector only one, it means that you have a one-port device, you will be needs not only a cable, but also a switch. The switch, or the network hub, connects computers in a local area network and therefore can distribute the Internet on two computers.
3. Buy cables and devices, necessary for connection. If the one-port ADSL modem or network connection on a cable is used, buy a switch on 4 ports a minimum and a cable a patch cord of length necessary to you. Also the short patch cord, for example, 25 centimeters long is required. If on the modem there are free connectors, buy only a patch cord. Determine cable length by distance between computers. Consider features of the apartment that you could lay a cable conveniently, for example, under a plinth. It is possible to get all this in any computer shop.
4. Connect a cable a patch cord in the network interface card of the second computer. Thrust other end of a cable in free port of the ADSL modem. If the modem one-port or it is absent at all, thrust a cable from the computer in the bought switch. The connector of a switch you can use any — all of them are equivalent. Surely connect the power adapter in an electrical network and do not forget to press the power button.
5. Now pull out the network cable on which the "first" computer receives the Internet, from the network interface card and thrust it in a switch. One more patch cord connect the computer and one of switch connectors. As a result both of your computers will be connected to the network hub, and in it Internet, that is a signal from the modem or an intra house local area network will be connected.
6. Configure the network addresses if it is necessary. Most often it is not required. For example, the multiport modem will automatically distribute the Internet on two computers as soon as cables are connected. The switch will also provide access for all PCs on its ports if it was not carried out changes in settings of the operating system. Reboot both computers that Windows applied new settings of network, and you can use.