Question regarding 4 computers / multiple IPs

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ajacy

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I'm going to be moving into an apartment with 3 others, but I need to get the internet set up the way I want and I need to call up Time Warner as i'll be moving in in about 8 days.

We have 4 different computers we want to hook up, but I would like to get my own dedicated line / IP from everyone else on my own router (i have 2 game consoles and my PC i want to hook up), and have the 3 others share a line w/ a router as well.

Browsing the time warner site I can get my own IP address for the extra $5, but I just want to confirm that I would be getting the full 5 mbps (or whatever it is) for myself, and the 3 of them would be sharing their own 5 mbps, if I got the extra IP [i realize that we are sharing the same TOTAL bandwidth in the neighborhood, but CAP-wise).... this is what I would want to do, correct? I can still do this with 1 cable modem as far as I know... i'm just concearned about the speed factor and that we would in fact not be sharing the same bandwidth.

It is my understanding that I would just hook a hub up to the cable modem (anything cheap you reccomend?), and that way i will get my own IP for my router, and then the other end will hook up to a wireless/wired router for the 3 of them to share.

Am i correct in all of these assumptions? Is there another way to do this with only 1 wireless router and no hub/switch?

wanted to ask the experts :)

Thanks in advance
 
I believe that if you get an extra ip from the cable co...your still limited to 5meg speeds from the pole to the modem

Getting an extra ip doesnt mean your getting an additional 5meg connection (ie 5 ip's = 25meg)
 
Getting another IP does not give you another 5Mbps. The only way you're going to get more bandwidth is either a higher level account (if available), two cable lines into the house, or to get another type of provider such as DSL.

If you don't want to go that route, then you could set up a firewall that allows you to do packet shaping.. Then you could carve yourself out a minimum amount of bandwidth for your devices, and let your roomies share the rest... Gaming doesn't really take a lot of bandwidth, but it should take priority over whatever other junk is running.....

Of course, I'll leave it to you how you work out the financial aspects of sharing the service too. :)
 
well, my router NETGEAR WGT624 does not have any traffic shaping / qos control I can see... i guess I am out of luck?


I'm just afraid someones gonna start downloading some file, and take all my bandwith away from my console, etc.

an other alternatives besides setting up a proxy/gateway anyone can think of? Instead of setting up a seperate computer as a router, could I just set up my XP professional system to do it (i leave it always-on) and then have everyone connect to me somehow? [but, how would wireless multiple computers work in that case[
 
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