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[ajuma]

I did a search...with the usual results .

What is the best/easiest/cheapest way to connect 2 computers to 1 internet connection? I've read about broadband routers, but they seem pretty pricey...at least in the States. Anyone buy one in Korea?

[tweeterdj]

if you want to have wireless connection, you need a wireless router, plain and simple. if you don't need wireless, you can get a wired router, which are usually cheaper than wireless. the only problem i've had with my korean router is that the setup page is all in korean, so it's taken me a while to figure things out. other than that, it's a good solution.

[ajuma]

Ok...where can I get a wired router? And about how much are they? I don't want/need wireless.

[ttompatz]

[laogaiguk]

[ajuma]

Yep, same room. What kind of cable, and what port(s) do I hook it up to?

One is my new computer, and the other is my old one. They're both already set up to accept the internet service that I have.

[laogaiguk]

[ttompatz]

[Demophobe]

A router is much easier than using ICS with XP. Plug and use with a router as opposed to installing a second card and configuring Windows. No, ICS isn't hard, but a router is dead simple and no need to open the computer or fiddle with LAN cards.

[ajuma]

ttompatz:

Thanks! BTW, both are desktops. I'll just take my computer down to my compter guy and he'll install the LAN card and I can get the cable from him. The routers he has are 40,000 and if I can do it this way for 15-20,000, I'd rather. He rarely charges me for service...he was a former student! (I must have given him an A+ )

[laogaiguk]

[Demophobe]

Well, my router has 5 sockets. One called "internet" and 4 more labelled "1, 2, 3, 4". The main internet cable from the wall plugs into "internet" and the computers go in the other sockets, in any order. Plug the router into the wall for power, and that's it.

I am pretty savvy, but when I set up ICS on 2 comps at home, it took over an hour before it was working well. My router took 3 minutes. ICS is simple in theory, but when it comes to brass tacks, there is always a hitch. It is Windows, after all.

A router must surely be easier than installing a second LAN card and going through the configuration wizard. The bridge seems to be the wacky part of ICS...it seems buggy...or perhaps "finnicky" is the right word.

Heck...look at ttompatz instructions...far more complex than installing a router.

Router:

1. Open the box, take out the router, plug the power in.
2. Plug wall line into "internet" plug.
3. Plug computer LAN cables into the router - any socket - 1, 2, 3 or 4.

Fin.

[cheem]

Go to Yongsan and ask around for the D-Link DI-604. You shouldn't pay a won more than 23k; insist on that price. Bring it home, plug it in. You should be set up in less than 2 minutes.

The catch is if you do a lot of peer-to-peer downloading. Since the router acts as a firewall, you need to manually forward the ports your p2p clients use.

[ajuma]

[cheem]