hey thanks for the info! I tried all that in that order and in various combinations myself, and did manage to get file sharing with no internet, but not consistently. I talked to tech support at rogers, and he says that I will need to get a router instead of my hub for this. hearing that, is...
hey thanks for the advice OCC & red fox, I am on ethernet cable all the way thru....those steps I will try to follow, but I sort of got lost after the IP ad DCHP stuff, it's just over my head for networking...I will unplug all, plug in modem to get online, then plug in hub, then connect 3 cables...
I *had* a successful home network; cable modem to linksys hub to 2 computers. I shared an IP by repairing the connection on either computer when I needed it to be online (the other one would then be offline, until I 'repair'ed it). file sharing was also always working. but now I have a new...