2 computers!!

[saxo_boi]

In my house we currently have NTL broadband, we have one computer linked to this and we regularly use this to use the internet. I have recently got a compuet in my bedroom and I want to have the internet there. I have heard you can ring NTL and get them so extend your current line so you have 2 computers going through the same line, is this correct? If so how much will it cost? If not then how can I go about doing this please?! thanks

[Ethel]

You can simply buy a router and connect wirelessly if your 2nd computer is wi-fi enabled.

If it isn't you can buy a 'dongle' which connects by USB port or an intrernal card to make it wifi.

Should cost around �50.

[saxo_boi]

lol, whats a router and where do i get one from?! im not very technical even your answer has confused me! sorry!

[Ethel]

A router is like a transmitter - it sends the internet signal out.

The dongle is like the aerial - it picks the signal up and connects.

You connect the router to your modem so that the signal is sent out around the house, you plug the dongle into the usb port on your computer and it connects the computer to the internet without wires.

I am not recommending this router or the seller - this is just as an example:

http://www.ciao.co.uk/D_Link_DSL_904_ADSL_Wire less_Router_USB_Starter_Kit__Review_5556205

You can then hook as many computers as you like to your 'network'.

[obione]

i believe an adsl router is for when your connected by a phone line saxo_boi is on ntl you need to ensure you by one for cable connection:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Cable_R outers.html
you also need a wireless card for your pc (unless your mother board is already wireless enabled):-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Wireles s_PCI_Adapters.html

[fo3nix]

If you're happy to lay some ethernet wires through to the other computer from where your modem is, you can just pick up a regular router (non-wireless). If you want to do it wirelessly, then get a wireless router as ethel says.

[Postdog]

Why don't you contact NTL - I'm sure they must install with routers and bearing in mind it's cable not BT, maybe (I really don't know, I'm just spouting possibilities!) it has to be a certain type or configured in a certain way.

[Ethel]

Don't contact NTL - they will charge you at least twice the amount you need to spend.

I am on Telewest - a cable company - and my Linksys router works very well and was easy to set up and secure.

The range is excellent too.

[j2buttonsw]

you do not need an ADSL router as NTL are not ADSL providers they are cable providers. The linksys cable router is a good call.

[curiosity]

I know nothing, but my other half does, and we run 3 computers via a router bought from ebuyer or ebay, on NTL broadband, to me it looks like it acts basically like extension sockets do, you plug three computers into it and it has one plug into the modem, it might not be as simple as that but it seems to be.

[Space]

I was in the same situation few years ago.
I just bought a Belkin router at Dixons
and some ethernet cables.

The router was not for cable specificly ( as opposed to ADSL ), it only had ethernet sockets. This is fine if your cable modem has an ethernet interface.