-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Home Networking Newbie
- From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:42:14 -0700
Thanks so much for this added information! I will check on the student
version and see if his school does this. And I will also check on the cable
contract.
I did check MS site awhile back and it said I qualified for the upgrade. I
will have to do it again because I don't remember now what all it told me.
I am so grateful for this insight you have provided for me.
Sammi
----- Original Message -----
From: "BashfulBob" <BashfulBob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 8:24 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Home Networking Newbie
Hi Sammi
There is a couple of things I neglected to mention.
You need to read your cable contract and see how many computers you can hook
up to the cable modem. Some cable companies only allow one puter to hook up
to the cable modem and they charge you extra per month per additional
computer you hook up. If your contact reads this way, then I suggest you
consider buying a router (not a switch or hub) and hook it up to the cable
modem and then hook the puters up to the router. That way, the cable company
will see only one IP address and think there is only one puter hooked up to
the cable modem. If this is what you end up doing for the above mentioned
reasons, you may want to get a router that comes with a firewall. That way
you can control what comes in and who can go out to where. I don't have
cable and therefore I can't advise you very much on what to do specifically.
If your contract reads where you can hook up more then one puter to the
cable modem, then there are a couple of different topologies to consider as
well as above.
Also I would have your teenager check at his/her school and see if he/her
can purchase an up to date OS. For example, to buy Windows XP Pro over the
counter full version, not an up grade, could cost you in excess of $300. I
can get the same thing, full student version at my college for $10. With the
student version you will not get ANY support from Microsoft if problems
arise. You will be on your own to install it and make it work. You might
want to invest in this OS. The catch is with the student version is you have
to be in school and the school may limit the number of OS's that they will
sell to the student. Microsoft does not allow you to use the student version
if you stop/quit going to school. That means you would have to buy it over
the counter and throw away the student version disk. Keep in mind that if
you get this xp OS, some or all your applications may not work on it.You
will have to do a little research here. If you consider going this route,
check to make sure which puters can handle this OS. Check the CPU size,
memory amount and HD capacity. Go to the web site at Microsoft and they will
run a capability test on your machine(s) over the web, and tell you what
equipment you have in your machine that will and will not work with XP. Be
sure to have the NIC cards installed when you run this capability test.
Aren't computers and networking so much fun???
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