Setup each PC in it's own Domain, and don't share any of your files. If you
aren't sharing them then no one can view them. If you really worried setup a
firewall to block incoming connections. How tech savy are your roommates?



"Siggie3" <hardcastle@outgun.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to share the internet connection from my cable modem with my
> housemates. We already share the cable bill for TV, but until now I
> was the only one who wanted the broadband cable internet so I've been
> carring that part on my own.
>
> Now that we would like to make the single connection available to each
> of our computers, I'm in the funny position of trying to come up with a
> way of doing that without linking our computers together. For pretty
> good reason I'm more worried about my housemates accessing my files
> than a random hacker on the internet, so I don't want to set up
> something that makes my system any more vulnerable to them than it
> would be if we lived in 3 seperate homes and had three seperate
> interent connections. I'm also pretty worried about getting a virus or
> two from them, since they are not careful what they download and were
> always having problems with viruses before we got the house.
>
> It really doesn;t matter if it is wired or not (but my landlord would
> probably be happier if I don't drill any holes), so if it is cheaper
> wired or is only available as a wired product that would work.
>
> If it can be done wirelessly, is there some sort of system that can be
> setup where each of three computers can have acces to the internet over
> a single cable connection where it would be comparable to 3 guys who
> didn't know each other sitting in a wifi hotspot?
>
> If wired, could a single cable connection be setup so it is comparable
> (without concer over loss of speed) to 3 next-door neighbors each
> getting cable internet?
>
> This may be a totally stupid question that anyone sould be able to
> figure out. But from what I've been able to find out about routers,
> it's not clear if I can use one just for internet sharing without some
> sort of more involved networking. If possible, I'd rather not just set
> up a network that doesn't allow file sharing but does share the
> internet connection, as that would provide one more possible route into
> my computer than us all simply being on the internet at the same time.
> Because of the layout of the house, it is very likely that I would have
> to have any router type hardware in a physically accessible spot.
>
> Thank you for any one who can help me figure out how to do this.
>