Sharing AOL broadband

[reiss]

just moved into my friends house in London, and will be hooking my pc up as soon as it arrives.
my friend has AOL broadband which we want to share. i realise there are many ways to hook 2 pc's up to one internet but i dont know of any that doesnt involve him (or me) leaving a computer on 24/7.
my friend wanted to have a network card in each machine & one PC on permanent connection and the other setup as a proxy connection, but after realising his machine would have to be on 24/7 for me to connect when i wanted to, he wasnt so keen.
so, other options guys ??

thanks

[erethryn]

Hi,

as far as I'm aware, to share AOL broadband you'll need to invest in a combined ADSL modem/router/switch, then run an ethernet cable from each machine to the router. Then just sign in from each computer using AOL as normal.

Hope this helps.

Andrew

[HeadBand]

you will not need a combined modem and router just get a router and plug the modem into the modem port on it and a computer into any of the other ports

unless aol has some kind of a protection against using more than 1 pc...then i would get a new isp...if one is available

[erethryn]

AOL will allow you to share the broadband connection between up to 7 users, it's just that I've seen one router that will not work with AOL when the USB modem is plugged into it (may have just been a one-off), so I'd check AOL compatability with any router you plan to buy.

[reiss]

thanks guys
will be looking in to my new options