Networking two computers

[rUfUnKy]

I'm going to be networking 2 computers and will be using a Router. The three things I want to accomplish are...

1. Share cable internet access...

2. Play multiplayer games ....

3. Hide second pc from ISP

Is there anything special I have to do to accomplish any of the above?

and also is this all the hardware I need to do this??

1. Router

2. Two nics

3. Three cables

Any other helpful info. is appreciated .....................

[Maddman]

A router will do it. Your ISP doesn't care about the second computer, They just will not support more then one computer on the line.

[trey_w]

i have a linksys router

3 comps are hooked up to it on a DSL line

the Firewall on the router will prevent the ISP from seeing the other comps

what you want to do is run the RJ45 cable into the WAN port on
the router.

Then, put 1 nic card in each comp and connect it to the port on the router

next, set up router configurations

then go into network neighborhood and go to properties on TCP\IP protocol

manually type in your comp ip
like 192.168.1.101 for first comp

for second comp 192.168.1.102

you get the picture

make sure your netbios is on, and make sure ICS is not installed(internet connection sharing)

set your default gateway to like 192.168.1.50

set your DNS also

the default gateway and DNS aslo need to be set up in the router

and thats about it

and you can tell the router to automatically obtain a ip address

good luck

[rUfUnKy]

Thanks for the replys... I'm sure I'll be back in here to ask more questions when I go to hook it up..hopefully I will be getting the hardware today...