Sharing broadband connection over network

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I have recently upgraded to broadband and would like to set up a router to
share amongst all PCs on the network. If I plug the router directly into a
PC, I can access the internet which suggests that the router is set up to
connect OK. What I would like to do is plug the router into my existing
network hub so all PCs can access it. If I do this, I can access the router
setup from any PC on the network by entering the IP address into Internet
Explorer. If I run the diagnostics in the router, it says it can access the
internet. What do I need to do to tell the network PCs to use the router as
the internet connection? I thought that all that was needed was to set the
default gateway to the IP address of the router, but I have done this and
cannot access the internet. My broadband provider says they cannot help and
advises me to contact the manufacturer of the network hub. Thanks in advance
for any suggestions.

Andy Baker
 
Andy Baker said:
I have recently upgraded to broadband and would like to set up a router to
share amongst all PCs on the network. If I plug the router directly into a
PC, I can access the internet which suggests that the router is set up to
connect OK. What I would like to do is plug the router into my existing
network hub so all PCs can access it. If I do this, I can access the router
setup from any PC on the network by entering the IP address into Internet
Explorer. If I run the diagnostics in the router, it says it can access the
internet. What do I need to do to tell the network PCs to use the router as
the internet connection? I thought that all that was needed was to set the
default gateway to the IP address of the router, but I have done this and
cannot access the internet. My broadband provider says they cannot help and
advises me to contact the manufacturer of the network hub. Thanks in
advance for any suggestions.

Andy Baker
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the easiest answer is to set the Router to DHCP and to configure the
individual NICs to DHCP - don't forget that you might have to adjust any
firewalls on the workstations to allow that access...

That's exactly how my network is set up - Router plugged into hub, two wired
machines off the hub, and one WAP....works fine.
 
Thanks for that suggestion. I will probably do it that way in the future -
but the router that I am using is my own because the modem from our
broadband supplier has not arrived yet, and I'm not sure if it can act as a
DHCP server. I have actually got it working by setting the ISPs DNS server
IP addresses in the TCP/IP configuration. This was a suggestion by a
different member of the ISP support team to the one who told me they
couldn't help, and he's not really sure why it works (nor am I), but at
least it does.

Andy Baker
 
Other essential is DNS, which can often be the router's IP address too - Or a
DNS server provided by your ISP.
 
I have recently upgraded to broadband and would like to set up a router to
share amongst all PCs on the network. If I plug the router directly into a
PC, I can access the internet which suggests that the router is set up to
connect OK. What I would like to do is plug the router into my existing
network hub so all PCs can access it. If I do this, I can access the router
setup from any PC on the network by entering the IP address into Internet
Explorer. If I run the diagnostics in the router, it says it can access the
internet. What do I need to do to tell the network PCs to use the router as
the internet connection? I thought that all that was needed was to set the
default gateway to the IP address of the router, but I have done this and
cannot access the internet. My broadband provider says they cannot help and
advises me to contact the manufacturer of the network hub. Thanks in advance
for any suggestions.

Andy Baker
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Broadband "device" (DSL or cable modem) needs to b connected to the
WAN port of router. Then, access the internal web pages of the router
and configure the access settings correctly (PPPoE usually for DSL;
DHCP usually for cable; Static P address is usually when you get
static IP broadband service only.)

PCs (wired and wireless) connect to the LAN port(s) (which the
wireless signals are a part of.)


If you connect the broadband "device" to the LAN ports, the first PC
that request the Internet will have a "dedicated" Internet connection
only.
 
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