Hi, I just got my broadband installed this morning by NTL (Booo! I hear you cry... Well it was the cheapest and I have a 1.5MB connection ). Anyway, I've installed all their software (Which as far as I can tell just installs some rubbish "broadband medic", Zonealarm and changes your network settings). This all works fine with an ethernet cable straight from the PC to the modem. Great. But now I want to share the connection, without leaving 1 PC on all the time. I've got a hub (A netgear 8 port hub - not a switch, but it was free so hey) and all the cables. When I plug it all together with the hub, nothing happens, no internet access etc. I can't find an IP for the modem... Does it have one? Anyway, my question is this. Does the modem act as a router, or do I need to buy one? Thanks for any help you can give/light you can shed etc...
I thought as much Can anyone else confirm this? When I had ADSL, the router was the modem. My modem (NTL:home 200) isn't a router then? Can anyone recommend a cheap router? Or possibly a 16 port switch/router.
You can get modems with built in routers, but this is the exception not the\rule (esp when getting equipment from an ISP). Unless you have documentation saying specifically it has a router, it doesn't.
OK, thanks for the help. I've just been down to Micro-Direct and bought a D-Link Router for £28, so it's not too bad. Task for tonight is to set it up
