That's correct. You don't need a Linksys to share an Internet connection.
What you are describing means you now need a PC to do it, which must be on
at all times for others to access the net and it will take performance hits
when others route through it. If they reboot, for any reason, everyone will
down until the system is back up. The PC sharing the printer will
experience the same issue. But, you are once again correct, a PC can share
the printer. You don't need a printer sharing device, like a Jet Direct box
to share printing either but know the issues and what the negatives are to
sharing devices on workstations especially in a peer-peer environment.
IMHO, a Jet Direct box and a router is a better alternative. Your mileage
may differ.
You don't need a linksys box to share the internet...
you can make all PC's a member of the same workgroup, make the IP range the
same and configure 1 PC to share a printer and let the others see... and as
for the internet ...on the PC where the internet is coming in configure it
to share the internet connection and the other PC's will see it .
Jonathan Maltz said:
Assuming you use a workgroup, they can all be Windows 2000 Professional. I
am assuming you have no desire to have a domain or group policy. A hardware
router (like a Linksys box) will be able to split the internet connection
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Texan said:
I am helping my wife's boss setup a Network in his new office. His old
office network has 2 computers, both running Win 2000 Pro on what I
believe is a Peer to Peer Network. The new setup will be 4 computer with
one printer shared between all 4 computers and a DSL modem for
bradband