[Conet] Low tech solution to sharing broadband access

[Arthur Kearford]

About 30 quid to set it up assuming you have an old 486 or low end =
Pentium

Weve now done about 120 of em

Regards

archie



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From: conet-admin@ukco.org.uk [mailto:conet-admin@ukco.org.uk] On Behalf =
Of
Deborah Hart
Sent: 12 September 2003 15:51
To: conet@ukco.org.uk
Subject: [Conet] Low tech solution to sharing broadband access

I think I may have asked this question before, but maybe in the =
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period different solutions have become available.

Is there another way, other than installing a networking, that would =
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a community project to share Broadband access.

Within the project they are carrying on very separate activities, so for =

instance do not have a common database or other work that they share.  =
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only thing they share or all want is (reliable) access to the internet.

Can this just be done through a USB hub or ... ?

Has anyone implemented a low tech solution for sharing broadband access?

They have 5 (or it maybe 6) Pentium IIIs running Windows 98.  (2 of them =

are currently using the Direct Connect function for shared dial up=20
connection but this doesn't seem very stable.)

Deborah

PS  Another problem is that there is even money in their combined =
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to employ someone as a network administrator, and there own work loads =
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it unrealistic to think anyone would have the time to be trained and =
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provide that function within the project.



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