My problem is that i have internet available in two rooms, but I cant use it on both at the same time because I only have one IP address, does anyone know how to get another IP address that will work or an alternate way to make this work?
I actually had the same problem at work. My business partner and I share a T1 line. THe IP is a static line. What we did was on the second computer was under the IP settings we changed the final number from 1 to the number 2. It seemed to work, and thus we now share a T1 line with a static line. If this doesnt seem to work read these sites: Link 1 Link 2
Ip addresses are availible at different levels..private..public..but I don't think that is what you want. Let's start with: What kind of connection do you have?
A router is simply a device that connects different networks. In most cases you have a LAN (Loca Area Network), which would be your two computers, and what you want to do is connect that to another network the Internet (which is a Wide Area Network [WAN]) via a router. A router has multple ports and simplified can be compared to a cable (or water) splitter where you take one source and make it availible to two. You can get a wireless router for less than $50 which allows you to share the Internet wirelessly (and wired). But for each computer that you want to connect wirelessly you'll have to buy a wireless network adapter (pci or usb).
Unless you own that IP, your ISP can easily find that out. Especially if they get a new customer and they give that IP address you changed to that customer. When they start getting problems with "IP already in use" issues, they'll know. If you have a router, there's no need for a separate static IP address for 99% of the people that need multiple IP's.
Should've just bought a cheap router (around $30-$50). One year of $5/month = $60. Unless you really needed a separate IP address to run something like a server which most ISP's don't allow anyway.
Well I'm not confident in my ability to setup a router. I heard that there are tricks involved and our ISP doesn't give technical support if you use a router.
most consumer level NAT routers are basically plug and play. plug the wan port to your cable modem or dsl modem....and plug all your other computers into the lan ports. allow the onboard dhcp server to dole out the local Ip addresses...and away you go. the best way to accomplish what the orginal poster wants is to simply get the Linksys broadband NAT router, and then all your computers will share the same IP.
