need help with peer to peer network

I am trying to help to set up a peer to peer network with a DSL
connection using an external modem and a router connecting about four
machines with windows 98. What would be the best way to go about doing
that? Should I plug the external DSL modem to the router and go that route
or should I put the modem into one machine as well as have that machine go
into the router and go that route. I'm guessing I'll have to install a
second NIC card into that one box if I go that route(one for the external
DSL modem in and one for the cable going to the router). The problem that
these people have encountered in the past while trying to hook it up is
that it's wanting to assign the same ISP to all the machines and as a
result locking everything up. Could this be that they haven't enabled DHCP
for the router? I don't have much experience working with networking boxes
with windows 98 or a DSL connection so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Greg

 

modem -> reuter -> pc's
That way connection is independent of any pc.
If its a half decent reuter it will have an autosetup facility/cd/web setup,
though I havent used such on win98.

 

I have only used a BB setup using a router or FW appliance. But I would
think that anything concerning the modem should be happening through the
router and no computer should be connected to the modem. All computers
should be connected to the LAN ports of the router and the WAN port
should be connected to the modem. Yes, the router will be the DHCP server
and all machine connected to it will obtain a DHCP IP from the router.
The router is the gateway device for all machines connected to it and the
router provides the ICS for the computers connected to it to share
resources between machines and allows them to access the Internet as
well. The router can control 255 computers by connecting standalone hubs
or switches into the LAN ports and daisy chaining hubs and switches
together.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

You can checkout other networking topics by going to the link above.

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidshrh.htm

The link provides the how-to for all flavors of the MS O/S(s) and making
them network with each other in the LAN solution provided by the router
being the gateway device.

Duane

 

Thank you for the suggestions and the link. Gives me a couple of things to
try today

thanks

Greg