[access-uk] Re: network and internet connection puzzle

Hi,

Sorry to jump right in the middle here.

Marie, I have seen the livebox, and I think you only have one port on the 
Livebox right?

You are making a bit of a complex setup, because you have two networks running 
like that.  What I would do is to disconnect the cable you currently have, then 
connect the livebox to the computer via RJ45.  The other computer can then use 
the wireless network from the livebox to talk with both the Internet and the 
other computer - they are on the same internal network connected through the 
livebox.

An alternative way is to buy a network switch.  This is a piece of hardware 
with several ports on it, the live box plugs into one port, and you plug the 
other computers into the other ports on the switch.  However, I suspect the 
other cable linking the two original computers is a crossover cable, and you 
need a straight-through cable with a switch.

Billy, you can certainly do this, this is the whole point of a router.

Andrew.

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