Are you able to use two seperate modems on one phone line to share a broadband connection?

Answer 1

No, you are better off with a Router, and SPLIT the broadband connection. If you really wanted a second modem, you would also need an additional phone line. That would double all of the costs.

The router also establishes a local area network, so you can share files and printers. I recommend LinkSys

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 2

You can share a broadband connection at home, but what you need is a router or a switch. Each computer then needs to have a Network Interface Card and is connected to the router by a category 5 cable.

It is all very cheap and easy to set up. You can get cheap routers or switches off ebay. Alternatively, you may want to install wireless connections. But be aware that any wireless connection will not perform as fast or as reliably as a wired LAN.

Answer 3

No, you need two phone lines. This is a viable altenative to areas not supporting DSL or CABLE, or ISDN.

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Answer 4

Use a prompt router. i love the Linksys WRT54G (lower than $100). that is going to allow you to hook up the computer by a good away connection and grant prompt for the laptops. it is also really ordinary to setup. you may be up and operating in a couple of minutes with this kind. Splitting the relationship between 3 pcs might want to easily decelerate the speed if someone is utilizing more effective than one laptop mutually. Even then, if each and each and every person is purely surfing the internet, you likely received't observe powerful on your connection %. If more effective than one laptop is downloading tremendous information, which incorporates song, then of route you'll observe a drop in %.

Answer 5

In theory you can run 2 broadband modems off of one telephone number but it is far easier and better to connect a router and connect all the PCs to one router.

Answer 6

Actually what you need is a router. You plug your one modem into the router and you can hook up multiple computers to it. If you are using dial up it will really slow things down a lot more but if you are using DSL or cable you won't notice much difference with two computers accessing at the same time.

Answer 7

No, you need a modem/router which has several outlets for connecting several computers. A wireless one is best, since it allows you to have the computers in different rooms without having to run cables between them.

Answer 8

You can't share like that in DSl connection.But you can buy a modem that can more outlets eg: Sterlite smartAx MT841 can be connected to four PC.Each connection is independent of each other

Answer 9

You just need a 4 port router.
And forget what Frankie said, I use a 2Wire wireless router, which also has 4 ports for ethernet cables, and it does just fine.

Answer 10

No you can't and there is no need to. Connect one PC to the USB port on the modem and the other to the ethernet port.