Home Networking Two PC's.. can anyone please help?

[old.?]

How do i network two pc's with two modems on same phone line? Can you help?

I have Win 2000 on one comp and Win 98 on the other.

 

[old.GateKeeper]

Not too sure what U are trying to do here:

are you:

1) Trying to use 2 modems to network the machines or..
2) Trying to share your internet connection

Please clarify

GAteKeeper

 

[Embattle]

You would normally use 2 NICs connected to a modem router which I don't think you'll find any where since the min seems to be ISDN routed

 

[old.?]

I'm trying to use this same phone line they are connected to, to work as like a serial port wire, if you know what i mean, so that I can use one as a host and connect to it via the two modems.

I just want to share printer and stuff.

 

[old.?]

Can anyone please help me?

 

[Embattle]

Perhaps if you made a little more sense

 

[old.?]

OK, I'll tell you in as much detail as I can...

I have a pc upstairs, running Win98. It is connected to a household phone line, via a modem.

I also have a pc downstairs, running Win2000. It is also connected to the same phoneline, via a seperate modem.

What I want to do is link these two computers together via this phone line, so they become a network, e.g. I can play a LAN game or Print a file from the comp upstairs to printer downstairs.

I haven't a clue on how to do this though... I have been searching on internet for nearly 6 hours, but I am having no luck finding an answer, they usualy just say buy a LAN kit, which I can't afford, or tell me how to dial up to an outside lan, which I know how to do but has nothing to do with my problem.

Does that help?

 

[Testin da Cable]

a home phone line ay? with a vox or something? like if you dial 2, you call the upatairs phone? cos if you had that, you'd just might be able to dial in to yourself, otherwise I don't think it can be done unless you happen to have a loooong serial line [and believe me that sux]

why not get some lan kit? two nic's and some coax can't set you back more than 30 or 40 squid, and a hub and some cat5 to go with that can't make it more than 50.

 

[Perplex]

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However, this costs money though, such is life.

 

[old.?]

Which is specifically why I want to network with stuff I have, I simply can't afford network cards etc... I just have 2 PC's 1 phone line and 2 modems.

I don't want solutions on USB adapters etc... just what I have already.

Is there anyway that my modem can dial the other modem on the same phone line?

 

[Guest]

"Is there anyway that my modem can dial the other modem on the same phone line?"

AFAIK no unless you use a PABX (or similar) system. Also if a method does exist [pretty sure it doesn't] using your modem(s) is going to be a *very* slow method of networking the two computers together in comparison to a couple of cheap lan cards.

If you can dial one computer from the other you might be able to use dial up networking to establish a TCP/IP connection between the two in a method similar to the DCC tool that comes with windoze.

But you'll have a lot less grief if you buy two cheap ethernet cards and some twisted pair cable: look around you'll prolly find them for < £20

Uriel

 

[Perplex]

To be honest then, you need to stop worrying about networking your PCs and get a job

 

[old.charliealpha]

sounds like a plan.

slacker.

 

[old.?]

I have a job, but I am also at college with a car, I'm not arsed about speed of network, adn I've just had to fork out 600 quid on tax and repairs on my car, so I will have no money for the nest few weeks, not that my financial situation is any of your fucking business.

 

[old.TUG]

/me senses another flame war

bunch of faggots

 

[Perplex]

lol tug

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by ?
I have a job, but I am also at college with a car, I'm not arsed about speed of network, adn I've just had to fork out 600 quid on tax and repairs on my car, so I will have no money for the nest few weeks, not that my financial situation is any of your fucking business.

Hmmm no you can't network with out spending a little money...sorry

It would cost about £50 to buy two network cards and some RJ45 cable.

 

[old.?]

Ok, cheers, how much do you recon a 20 metre cable would cost?

And no, there will be no flame war... I don't think any of us are that immature.

 

[Embattle]

If you but from http://www.dabs.com you can get the Netgear FA311 10/100 2000 PCI for about £15 each and then its just over £20 for 20 metres, its normally about a pound a metre.

And no, there will be no flame war... I don't think any of us are that immature.

.....I'm waiting

 

[Mr B]

you can get NiC's for about £10 each as well...

Just remember if you're going to directly connect the 2 NiC's that you need a cross-over cable, rather than a standard one.

I rekon £40 for a homenetwork solution is pretty good going.

B

 

[Wij]

Crossover cables work a treat, great rates and no setup necessary really. Got one atm but might need a hub if I add a 3rd box

 

[Embattle]

Already got a hub...well I think ahead

 

[Mr B]

/me strokes his switch...

 

[Embattle]

A switch would be over kill for me atm, plans to get router are gonna happen.

 

[Ch3tan]

I got a home (netgear) network kit from pcworld, 2 pci 10/100 NIC's and a 10m 4 port hub for £70 quid also comes with 2 lenghts of 15 ft cat 5 cabling

 

[old.?]

LOL, years ago you could define a nerd by owning a PC, now it seems a nerd has a home network... cool