Router with DirecPC satellite

**rsidhu** · June 20th, 2002, 11:12 AM

I purchased a DirecPC system for my house because we live in an area with no cable and too far for DSL. Now I want to share it with the 3 computers in the house; however, the only output from the DirecPC box to the PC is USB. I read an earlier message that there are no Routers with USB input and ethernet output. Is this still true? The message suggested to buy a USB/Ethernet adapter. Is this the only option I have?

Buy the adapter to connect the DirecPC modem (convert the USB output to ethernet) then connect that to a regular cable/dsl router? Will this connection affect my download speeds considerably? If it is the only option then I will have to do this, but if there is another faster way please let me know. Thanks.
-Raman

**golfcart** · June 20th, 2002, 11:23 AM

You could just plug it into one comp and share it with the other two. Only downside is comp 1 will have to be on for 2 and 3 to have net access. I did this in my office with direcpc for over a year and it worked fine. You aren't going to be able to convert the usb to ethernet with an adapter. As far as I know, Direcpc won't work if it isn't plugged into a pc.

**KTS** · June 20th, 2002, 11:36 AM

The only router I know of is the Vigor2200USB router

**rsidhu** · June 20th, 2002, 01:02 PM

golfcart,
could you give some more details on how i would set that up with one computer on. i know a little about computers but not that much. i set up a network in my apt with my roomates with a linksys router, but thisis for my parents house and im not sure how to go about setting it up using one computer to network. thanks.
-raman

**golfcart** · June 20th, 2002, 06:16 PM

I don't know what operating system(s) are involved but with win98se and newer, you can simply share the connection through ICS(Internet Connection Sharing). Try a search for "ics" here for more info on that.