2 accounts ~ 1 internet-line

Carlsberg · Post by **Carlsberg** » Fri May 09, 2003 9:16 am

if you have 2 computers on one internet-line and want to run 2 accounts, one on each computer... you wont need to have dual-log....

just remember to use a router and setup AC to run on 2 dif ports...
you change that in the setup on AC

ex

9008 and 9012

Trekman · Post by **Trekman** » Tue May 13, 2003 10:31 pm

As Carl said .....

An inexpensive alternative to a hardware router is to use a second network card in your "internet-connected" PC and connect your 2nd PC to that card with a so called "cross-over" ("crosslinked") network cable.
Then on the Internet PC you enable Windows' built-in "Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)", practically promoting that PC to be the router for the 2nd PC.

Those Cross-Over cables are easily identified at your local computer store near the usual Patch Cables.....

Although this router functionality costs a bit performance (because it is software-driven), that loss is neglectable when playing Online Games on both PCs. You might probably notice the loss when you for instance download a big file on the 1st PC while playing on the 2nd......
On the other hand the real problem in that scenario is your Internet bandwidth, in which case a hardware router would act not much better than the ICS solution.

................................................PC 1............................PC2
Wall====(DSL/Cable)====network card 1
............................................network card 2 ===x===network card