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Problem:  what do you do when you have only one cable and one broadband system and you have four computers?

Solution:  Use OPX at Home for your at home networking solutions.

Sharing Internet access is widely held as the "killer app" for home networks.  The logic goes like this:

When we all had 56K modems, it was a no-brainer to buy one (at $20 a piece or so) for every computer in your house and let any of your family members dial up directly over the phone line to the Internet.  Of course, you still had to fight over a phone line, but there wasn't a compelling financial reason to share your Internet access.  Now high-speed, or broadband access, has changed all that.  With the combined price of DSL/cable modem installation, equipment and service, it now has become prohibitive, if not impossible, to purchase that set up for every computer in your house.

The answer, then, is to buy high-speed access equipment/service for one computer in the house and share that Internet access (as provided and allowed by  each service provider) simultaneously with other computers.   OPX at Home

There are two basic ways to accomplish shared Internet access: hardware or software.  On the hardware side, you typically use a piece of equipment between your dial-up/cable/DSL modem and your computer.  This device, often known as a router or Internet gateway, connects to other computers on your network and then routes those connections out to the Internet.

On the software side, you can use special software packages, often known as proxies, that run on the computer connected to the Internet, (the "host") and that allow other computers ("clients") to share that access.  The downside with software is that you need to keep the host computer turned on whenever any other computer on the network wants to get on the Internet.

The big advantage with the software option for Microsoft Windows users is that, ever since Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows has included its own built-in proxy package called Internet Connection sharing.

If you are interested in OPX at Home Networking solutions please email or call our sales team.

We work with the home builders to wire homes and continue on to provide customers with configuration and support services.

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