cable modem & 2 nics

I have set up a home network. 2 pII 266 with a 10/100 auto sensing hub
and nic cards installed. They & the network are working properly, both
on win98. I have a cable modem with the @home network. They do not
service networks but have provided me with a 2nd ip address. If I
connect my modem directly to the uplink port on the hub and then the
other 2 computers to the hub, the modem connection will not work. If I
use the 2nd network card that the cable company provided me with, I can
connect thru the cable modem to the internet, but I do not know how to
have the 2nd computer connect. I have configured the 2nd computer with
the 2nd ip address and configured netscape with the proxy, but I still
don't see how I can connect through the 2nd nic card in the host
computer. What should I do? Can you help me with specific instructions
on how to do this?

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BJ

www.sygate.com is all you need you don't even have to purchase a second ip for isp save the money if you need help let me know.

bejay: you're on the right track with the cable modem into the uplink port on the hub - somehow that's where the problem is though. Make sure the cable isn't a crossover, if it is then plug it into a regular port on the hub & it should work. I have that exact setup on mine right now and it works perfectly - the uplink port/cable modem. Possibly there's a switch or something that needs to be done to make the uplink port work? I dunno, but it should work...are you sure it's an uplink port and not just the last port of a 4- or 8-port hub or something? You're positive it's uplink? Uplink ports won't work if you have something plugged into port 8 or 4 or whatever the last port is before the uplink. Hmm...trying to think of what else it could be. But check all these things & post what you find out.
Good luck.

I did plug it into the uplink port and it says uplink. Not supposed to use port 1 and I did not. Not only did the modem not work but neither did the connection to the other computer on my network. I am using a regular connector wire for the 10/100 auto sensing hub cat 5 connectors. Nothing works. Do you know anything about the 2 nics in one pc and the 2 computers plugged into the hub? My network works, I can get into my cable modem, but the other computer cannot. Many people have told me I must use proxy software to make this work.

Bejay, as long as you have 2 separate IP's, you don't need proxy software at all, it would be pointless. Try this link, it has some excellent information
http://www.timhiggins.com/ppd/sharing.htm
The 2 nic method is to bypass a hub, since you have a hub that isn't necessary.
If I understood your last post, when you plug the modem into the uplink port, the network btwn the 2 computers is then lost? I have a question, when you plug JUST the cable modem into the uplink port - no other net cables plugged in to the hub, does the uplink light on the hub come on? Next plug it into a standard port, does the hub light come on? If the hub light comes on when the cable is plugged into a standard port but not the uplink port, then you have a crossover cable and just plug it into a standard port & forget about the uplink port.
If you plug both computers ONLY into the hub - no cable modem plugged into the hub - do both those port lights on the hub come on?
Please post, thanks.

When I plug the modem directly into the uplink port I loose the 100 connection between my two computers. One is on the 3rd floor and connected by about 60 feet of cat 5
cable. The other (the one next to or with the modem) is a foot away. I am not using a crossover cable which instructions tell me that if I did not have an uplink port I would have to use. I am using the reg cat 5 cable that came with the linksys cards & hub. I could try to plug in the modem first, which someone told me to do and then plug in the two computers. There is a stipulation that says hub to hub can only be 16.5 feet, but computer to hub can be 328 feet. I'll try this again, but if it knocks out my network, then I'll have to go with the 2 nic's already installed in my computer.

Okay heres what to do!

Tell windows98 the ip for the first machine is 10.0.0.2, the second is set to 10.0.0.3. Configure the Cable modem's ethernet port to 10.0.0.1. Find out what the DNS servers are with your connection working by going to start-->run--> type: winipcfg [press enter], click detail (more or something like that). In network properties set the properties for tcp/ip with the above IP addresses, assign those DNS servers you discovered above to each machine in the DNS tab. and then set every computer to use 10.0.0.1 as the default gateway. For your quake/quake based games, you will need to pass the external IP for you cable modem to the game...

Is your hub 10/100? If so, make sure it is set to "10" in order to use the DSL line.