----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:51
AM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [EverQuest] New
expansion Beta Open
With a hub or switch (as opposed to a router) you'd neet
some sort of software router (program) to connect the modem to a PC via
one ethernet card and then that PC to the hub with another and have the
net connection be shared. Otherwise it'll only share files. Been there, done
that, satisfied Sygate user for about 5 years now.
Mine's basically identical to what Wulfric is telling you to
switch to.... modem-pc-switch-all other machines...with a software router and
firewall running on the machine that's directly connected to the
modem.
Originally I was using the first pc's dialup modem in
otherwise the exact same setup, and once I got DSL I slapped a second NIC in
and nothing really changed much once the basic connection details were set
up...Sygate didn't need to be reconfigured. To this day I can switch bt DSL
and dialup just by changing what's plugged in and forcing it to dial, if I
need to use the dialup for some reason (DSL dying on a CR for example, or a
social event I couldn't miss during the time while the replacement modem was
being shipped)
If you choose Sygate, be aware that it says it has a preset
config for EQ, but you shouldn't need this. Mine's ran happily for years with
nothing configured except hosting UT games. EQ sorted itself out flawlessly on
the first try. All you *might* need to configure would be hosting other
games and they usually provide detailed directions either in the manual
or on their webpage.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 7:03
PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [EverQuest]
New expansion Beta Open
Are you absolutely sure it's not a router
then?? A hub is a simple pass through device. It doesn't
define IP addresses or anything like that. A router, on the other
hand, is more complex and has an internal software that controls the traffic
that comes through it. If your modem is hooked through the hub,
perhaps you'd have better luck disconnecting the modem from the hub
and plugging it directly into the wall outlet and dialing in that way.
Then just let the hub do what the hub do and see if the computers connect as
they should. I don't know if I can illustrate tis
properly.
You are
using: phone jack >
modem > hub > PC1, PC2, PC3,
PC4
Instead try:
phone jack > modem > PC1 > hub > PC2,
PC3, PC4
It would really help me if I knew the model #
of the modem and hub that you have so I know what we're dealign
with.
Wulfric
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 5:56
PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [EverQuest]
New expansion Beta Open
I have a few computers that hook through the hub but I
don't use any special software or anything. I don't really remember how I
configured it. I just have it connect via the hub rather than this
computer specifically since the modem has to be hooked to the hub.
I'm
woefully ignorant about networking.
luv,
-Su
======= At
2005-08-07, 16:09:00 you wrote: =======
>At this point I would
have to ask you if you use Internet Connection sharing on any of your
computers? Particularly whichever one you use to run EQ. Just
form personal experience when I was using a hub and ICS for my 4 PCs to
access the internet, I know that I could not log on to EQ without some
problems. Once I disabled ICS though EQ started working
fine.
>
>Wulfric
>
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