Posted by
throbbing
20 yrs ago
I use Netvigator broadband and have a single wall socket that looks like a standard phone socket and that has a a modem (?) box connected to it to which my PC is connected. Can I connect two PCs to the modem box, & have both access the broadband at the same time, just by adding a suitable double outlet on the modem box and feed each of the PCs from the box with their own cable?
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I use Netvgator and have the ISDN modem mentioned. I have connected it to a cheap $350 Level1 wireless router and it works great. It provides wireless as well as four network ports.
You can find the Level1 router I use at any computer mall. It's very popular.
If you don't need wireless, you can probably get a 4 port router for about $150.
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tmk
19 yrs ago
Unless you are paying for multiple user accounts, you need a separate router for multiple PC's to connect to a Netvigator ADSL modem.
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Not really, I have a modem supplied by PCCW with extra sockets at the back. (Sorry, not very techno minded) I managed to feed an extra cable from the ground floor to the first floor and still get internet access, using the same personal account.
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tmk
19 yrs ago
but can both PC's be logged in simultaneously?
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hkkm
19 yrs ago
As tmk says, with Netvigator broadband, the single user plan only allows you 1 login. This means that, if you want more than 1 PC to connect at the same time, you need to set up a router. The router does the connection to Netvigator and then the multiple PCs connect to the router. If you have a multi-user plan you can have 2 or 4 logins. This is unrelated to how many ports you have on the back of the modem.
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Yes, I have only one account in my name but I can hook up two computers to it, up to a max of four.
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Brian, you need a router. But a router that can do this costs less than $200.
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