Howdo i put second computer into connect to bt internet?

Question

Howdo i put second computer into connect to bt internet?

Answer 1

either by a lan cable from the hub to the pc or by a wifi dongle...simple.

Answer 2

The best way is by buying a router to connect to the BT modem in the place of your current computer.  Both computers then connect to the router either via Ethernet cables or, if you buy a wireless-capable router, wirelessly.  (Both don't have to do it the same way.)

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Easy answer: Just plug it in, or connect via wireless. Same difference.

Reasoning: Your BT Home Hub or whatnot is enabled for DHCP, so it will provide whatever machines you connect to it with their own, comfy IP to uniquely identify them. Shouldn't be an issue at all.

Answer 4

Buy a wireless adapter (£25?) and you should be able to.  

Answer 5

work out how to connect the second PC to the router, can be wireless, can be wired (LAN) doesn't matter which LAN is faster and can be easier to set up, wireless can be easier if there are walls in the way.

if its a LAN connection, connect the cable to the router/switch/hub tot he computer.. the turn the computer on.... the default settings (DHCP client) should mean that the computer automatically gets assigned an internal IP Address. open the first computers network settings, find the default gateway (the ip address of the router), put that in as the default gateway on the new computer... then everything should work

if its a wireless connection then you need to know the ip address of the router and any wireless encryption key.. its a pig to explain, but there is a wizard within windows to connect to wireless networks.

there is no need to sign on to btinternet when first opening up your browser.. the home page can be se to anything (eg www.google.com), you will need to sign on when you want to retrieve email.. that can be doen by typing in www.btinternet.com or go in through the 'sign on' button on yahoo.com