can someone help on this situation......

[Ragefreak16]

alright here it is i have my PC downstairs my room upstairs and i want to get a laptop in my room so i can go on the net from up in my room so obviously i need a router, ill probably get that blue linksys i see alot, so ill plug the cable modem into that, then from there one port going to my pc then to my ps2 then another to the laptop up in my room, so my q is what laptop should i get?all i will use it for internet and maybe 1 game, and if possible an ethernet port thing on there too any of u guys know a good one?

and last but not least ill need a really long ethernet cable, ive never seen a really long one before but there has to be one out there but the prob is i cant have the cable going through my house from the first floor to second i might have to have it go outside from floor to floor my only concern is rain, will that mess up the cable or possibly even mess up my pc?

thanks for any help u can give me

[Shadow ÒÓ]

expensive, but you could just get wireless network. Prolly run ya about $400.

Cheaper would be via the telephone lines. You can find kits that use your existing phone lines in the house as network cables. (poor quality, but works)

You won't need a router or hub or anything if you are just connecting 2 systems. See this (http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59676) thread for details.

you are buying a laptop just to connect your downstairs system to the internet? Heck of an investment for something a cheap PC could do.

[MoPMatrix]

Originally posted by Ragefreak16
and last but not least ill need a really long ethernet cable

How about a wireless router?
lil bit more money but would be perfect for what ur doin, u would be able to be where ever u want and still be on the net =)
Even on the can :P

[Ragefreak16]

well having a wireless router would be nice but ill still need another pc, dont really have that much space in my room for a desktop so thats why i want a laptop,

hmmm being on the net on the can?hmmmm not bad

[MoPMatrix]

400-500mhz with 128mb of mem would be perfect for just surfing the net...
I wouldn't buy a comp off ebay cuz the fear of something being wronge with it, but my brother in law has scored some nice laptops off there for cheap. I just don't have that luck :P
An idea for ya tho if ya need something cheap =)

[Ragefreak16]

Originally posted by MoPMatrix
400-500mhz with 128mb of mem would be perfect for just surfing the net...
I wouldn't buy a comp off ebay cuz the fear of something being wronge with it, but my brother in law has scored some nice laptops off there for cheap. I just don't have that luck :P
An idea for ya tho if ya need something cheap =)

yeah thats the kinf of laptop i was thinking, how much u think that will cost me?hmm and ill probably need an ethernet card too, will a regular PCI ethernet card work?

[MoPMatrix]

I just took a quick look on ebay, avg looks about 300-600bux for a 500mhz laptop....
and for the ethernet card, laptops don't have normal pci slots like pc's do,, none that I know of anyway :P
u'll have to get one that's eather PCMCIA or external USB

[Jeff Bolton]

my dad has 2 computers on a small LAN with a cable going from one to the other, no hub needed. i'm sure it'd be easy enough to set up.

jeff

[Ragefreak16]

really how?is that crossover cable thing needed?

that chick in your avatar is mighty hot i must say :D

[Yodums]

Originally posted by Ragefreak16
really how?is that crossover cable thing needed?

that chick in your avatar is mighty hot i must say :D

Yes cross over cable.

Try reading the stick in "Internet and Networking" really gets some knowledge towards networking.

[Jeff Bolton]

yeah ain't she hot?

we used coax rather than cat5 but it still should work the same way.

jeff