Two computers, which one to connect to modem? Matters?

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I have 2 laptop computers (Windows XP Pro) at home. One has 2GHz and 512MB,
and another one has 724MHz and 384MB of RAM. I have DSL modem and wireless
router, and now both are connected to the 724MHz machine. I've heard that
it's better to connect the faster computer to the modem and the router. Do I
need to reconnect the 2GHz computer to the modem and the router? Thank you.
 
I have 2 laptop computers (Windows XP Pro) at home. One has 2GHz and 512MB,
and another one has 724MHz and 384MB of RAM. I have DSL modem and wireless
router, and now both are connected to the 724MHz machine. I've heard that
it's better to connect the faster computer to the modem and the router. Do I
need to reconnect the 2GHz computer to the modem and the router? Thank you.
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Unintelligible. Please explain what is connected to what and
how.

Hans-Georg
 
Honda said:
I have 2 laptop computers (Windows XP Pro) at home. One has 2GHz and 512MB,
and another one has 724MHz and 384MB of RAM. I have DSL modem and wireless
router, and now both are connected to the 724MHz machine. I've heard that
it's better to connect the faster computer to the modem and the router. Do I
need to reconnect the 2GHz computer to the modem and the router? Thank you.
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If you have a DSL modem and a separate wireless router, neither computer
should be connected to the modem. Connect the router to the modem.

If you have a DSL modem and router combined into one device, then you
may connect either computer, or both computers, or neither computer.

"Connect," as used above, means connected with an Ethernet cable. You
should connect one or the other computer to the router (it doesn't
matter which one) using an Ethernet cable for purposes of configuring
the wireless router, but once the router is configured, you can connect
both computers by wireless.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

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Thank you so much, Lem. Yours is the exact answer I needed. Now you made my
job much easier.
 
Thank you, Jack, for the diagram. Now I just remove the ethernet cable, and
let the slow one use the wireless, too.
 
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