How do I connect my computer to a router for home networking without sharing the

03-27-2008, 08:58 PM

internet? Here is my setup:
1 Desktop Connected to local Comcast Broadband Cable
(has 2 NIC cards installed)
1 Lynksys wireless router connected to Qwest DSL
3 Laptops with wireless adapters

Here is my Problem:
I want to share all computers on a home network for filesharing only. The Desktop needs a dedicated Broadband connection. and the Wireless Router will share the DSL for the laptops..

I have the Desktop Connected to the Broadband modem on one NIC and to the Router on the other NIC. How do I disable the DSL to the Desktop, from the Router, while keeping the LAN filesharing capabilities on? Alternately, How do i prevent the Desktops Broadband from being shared to the Router?

I know this sounds complicated, but if you understand this, then I assume you know as much if not more about this situation than I do and would love to hear some good answers. Thank you in advance.

wbroseiii · 03-27-2008, 08:59 PM

Actually this is pretty easy.

Manually assign IP addresses to all of the devices beyond your router. Then at the router configure it to allow passthru for only the IP address(es) you want.