21. April 2007

How to share ADSL broadband provided for single computer ( eg. Reliance broadband Pune)

Since i took new Broadband Connection. I always wanted to share it with my PC and laptop and to other PCs of Frens Simultaneously . But my Provider ( Reliance broadband Pune,India) had provided broadband for personal use only( i.e. it could be only connected to single PC ) .They didn’t support Multiple login through their broadband portal www.reliancebroadband.in . I had bought A Hub for sharing the connection but that didn’t work out coz i shared the connection throught HUB. I had connected the ADSL line to HUB and then distributed among multiple computers. when multiple computers wanted interenet connection they had to login individually through reliance broaband portal (www.reliancebroadband.in) but they didn’t support multiple meant i could only connect one computer at a time . so i had to think of an another way.

The next day i bought LAN card and installed in a computer . i connected the ADSL broadband line to that computer which had two LAN cards to one of the LAN card and then from another LAN card i took out the LAN wire and connected to HUB. in that way the computer having two LAN cards was behaving like server. then through hub i distributed the connection to different PCs and laptops.

In this case the PC having two LAN cards ( PC having direct internet connection) had to be on as long as any other computer in LAN wanted to use internet connection. and of course the PC had to login to broadband portal . the other computers in network could just use the connection using default gateway as that PCs( server PC having two LAN cards) IP. so it was pretty much easier to do. now i am enjoying the shared internet connection among many pc simultaneosly

The screenshots will help explain what i did.

1. On server PC ( the PC having two LAN cards ) check the Internet Connection sharing checkbox and select through which LAN connection u want to share ( the Other LAN cards connection which goes to HUB )

Note if u want to share between only two computers HUB is not necessary u just can connect the LAN cable going to HUB directly to the other PC

Server PC LAN properties

2. On server PC when the connection is successful u will see the shared icon ( hand below the icon ) and other LAN connection also active if the other computers are connected

Successful

3. On client computers

Click Connect to the Internet, and then click Next.
Click Set up my connection manually, and then click Next.
Click Connect using a broadband connection that is always on, and then click Next.On the Completing the New Connection Wizard page, click Finish.

4. On client computers on LAN properties check “obtain IP address automatically”

5. after checking that box u can see in LAN properties that the IP address is assigned by DHCP and the Gateway IP is set as the server computers IP ( computer having two LAN cards generally 192.168.0.1 )

6. after all things are done in Network connections panel u can see two LAN active one local LAN other from server PC having direct internet line and two LAN cards.

This completes the setup . Enjoy internet sharing among many PCs paying for single PC internet connection

Note: if all PCs are using internet the speed will be divided but for normal surfing purpose the speed remains almost same. speed will only decrease in computers only if one of the PCs in network is downloading large data and using large portion of bandwidth .

For more info see microsoft support centre

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1. Reliance Broadband Web login - India Broadband From (UNITED STATES) Wrote Using Netscape Navigator 4.0 on 21. April 2007 at 2:32 am

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2. Rahul From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0 on Windows XP on 21. April 2007 at 8:39 pm

Hey dude you have done great . Even I was also planning to share my internet connection with others. You gave me the idea .Thanx!!

3. hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 on Windows XP on 22. April 2007 at 12:04 am

Thanks rahul.. hope it was useful to u

4. karzan From (IRAQ) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP on 12. June 2007 at 11:17 pm

pleases send me a book and tutorial aboute connect betwen 2 computer or more
thank u for ervery thing

5. freelight From (THAILAND) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 on Windows XP on 01. July 2007 at 9:15 am

thankful
but it still won’t work for me
I follow you every step
also turn off fire wall
so I can see as your last pic but my client still can’t access internet

the only difference is I connect internet from laptop with Aircard

By the way Is you are Thai

6. hem acharya From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 on Windows XP on 01. July 2007 at 10:33 am

@freelight

I did this in India …. Reliance Broadband.

7. rathish From (UNITED KINGDOM) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows Server 2003 on 03. July 2007 at 8:06 pm

i have got access to google but not orkut tried all the proxy site not able to login
plzzzz help me in login gmail orkut yahoo
if cannot help me still send me the reply stating cannot help

8. hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Safari 522.12.2 on Mac OS X on 03. July 2007 at 8:31 pm

are u trying to access broadband in two computers… or u want a proxy site..

9. Kishore From (INDIA) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows XP on 06. July 2007 at 2:40 pm

Hey u said that u have to menction the ip address of the pc which is having the two lancards and the ip address of the first lan card to give as the default gate way.
where u did this in the client side?
please tell me?

10. hem acharya From (HONG KONG) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP on 06. July 2007 at 4:00 pm

@Kishore
In windows XP and Vista. in which i have tried.. u just need to check the obtain IP adress automatically at client PC.

11. gopi From (INDIA) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows Vista on 29. July 2007 at 12:30 pm

can i use my friend’s login in my broadband connection

12. hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 on Windows XP on 29. July 2007 at 12:41 pm

@Gopi .. yes u can. in my case i have two login ID’s and i pay for only one.. (doesn’t matter to me as both are unlimited plan IDs )

13. hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 on Windows XP on 29. July 2007 at 12:43 pm

@gopi if u are talking in context of sharing one connection on multiple PC’s then u dont need any login ID

14. rujesh From (NEPAL) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 1.4 on Windows XP on 29. September 2007 at 11:23 pm

hi, i like the way u connect two pc and share internet connection .i also wanted to share my net connection with my fren i tried the idea of twi nic card but when i connect two nic card and enable both of them i started to have problem .my problem is that my computer freezed for 1 or 2 second and this happen continiously after some time interval. i got a router and i will try wit this router for sharing .one my tech fren say sharing net connection share the speed also .while both r surfing or downloading then they have experience slower net connection.so please could u tell all about sharing net connection all the aspect envolving in it

15. Jim From (MALAYSIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 on Windows XP on 03. October 2007 at 7:58 pm

Nice technique! I have the same situation as well. My provider only allows login via their portal and I can’t share it with just a router. Is there ANY other method that doesn’t use a dummy PC that acts as a server?

16. how to share reliance wimax internet connection « My time-waste projects with Unix-Linux-Windows From (UNITED STATES) Wrote Using WordPress MU on 20. October 2007 at 10:21 am

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17. sagar From (INDIA) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 5.01 on Windows 2000 on 27. October 2007 at 11:00 am

How to configure sub Proxy server???????????????????????????

18. hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 on Windows Vista on 27. October 2007 at 7:36 pm

@sagar,, windows should take IPs automatically.. i didn’t have to manually configure sub proxy server

19. atul From (INDIA) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP on 13. November 2007 at 2:13 pm

how i can use two different reliance broadbrand id at a same time in a single reliance broadbrand line…..

20. hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Linux on 13. November 2007 at 11:07 pm

@Atul

you dont need to sign in into the two PCs.. u just need to sign in to the one which has the direct internet connection other will get the internet connection autmatically

21. emon From (BANGLADESH) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP on 30. November 2007 at 2:21 am

helpful dude

it is great

22. jeff From (UNITED KINGDOM) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 on Windows XP on 30. November 2007 at 7:39 pm

Thanks for the article. I also wanted to point out my broadband resource site where there are lots of useful broadband guides and troubleshooting - http://www.broadbandpackages.org

23. Anil Bhandari From (INDIA) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP on 19. December 2007 at 2:51 pm

Sir,

It works, it worked for one week all well but now it is showing a red cross over LAN card icon which i have installed.

Please help

24. Natron From (GERMANY) Wrote Using Opera 9.26 on Windows XP on 26. March 2008 at 6:25 am

Very useful information. I’m sharing my connection with 3 PCs and there’s no speed loss. Nice

25. krish From (NEW ZEALAND) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 on Windows XP on 17. April 2008 at 5:58 pm

Hi,genius!!
can i use adsl router (Model Number :DSL 502T) instead of hub to share single broadband connenction?
thanks.
krish

26. smile adsl From (TURKEY) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows Vista on 12. May 2008 at 2:24 am

hello thanh

27. boy genious From (PHILIPPINES) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 on Windows XP on 19. June 2008 at 7:32 pm

i will try what you wrote in the internet, hopefully it will success what you wrote in the internet but am happy what your idea

28. chhetry From (INDIA) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows Vista on 17. September 2008 at 11:58 am

It is a good. But i like to add that instead of PC with two LAN Card, it will also be possible by just one LAN Card and Hub, Just make one PC A Proxy Server for internet sharing and other can connect to it by giving the ip address of the server in their ip gateway in the same LAN configuration and its work

29. Hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Safari 526.11.2 on Mac OS X on 17. September 2008 at 7:46 pm

Yes chhetri its possible to have internet shared with HUB . its really easy using HUB actually.

30. abhilash From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 on Windows XP on 22. October 2008 at 3:06 pm

Thanks a lot..it worked..i have been trying this since a couple of weeks..:)
excellent post.informative…keep the good work going..

31. Hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Safari 526.11.2 on Mac OS X on 23. October 2008 at 5:22 pm

thanks abhilash..good to see it worked for you.many people in here are saying its not working in their case. wonder they are doing the same what i did…

32. Naveen From (INDIA) Wrote Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP on 29. December 2008 at 4:58 pm

I have an office laptop for which I do not have admin privileges. How to connect this to my home PC having Reliance broadband PC.

Note: I cannot modify the Connection settings on the laptop, which has dynamic IP address configuration. Since I use my laptop as PnP in office, how can I configure PnP in home as well.

33. Ashish Sharma From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 on Windows XP on 09. January 2009 at 4:54 am

It worked guys trust me…i tried allot to share but not successfull and reliance gives dynamic IP for one PC on poPPE based modem.For Static IP it quit natual that you can share via standard IP on other LAN…but as this guy shown in screenshot, even i have to share my internet connection with two other LAPTOP and also i used VPN(team viewer) through same LAN Sharing for fast file sharing and i also use remobo….previously internet is not working even i tried proxy too..but this work absolutely fine.

34. hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 on Windows Vista on 10. January 2009 at 12:22 am

Hey Ashish .. nice to know that you got it working.. I did this more than a year ago.. Now i dont use Reliance as my ISP .
enjoy..

35. junaid From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 on Windows XP on 24. January 2009 at 5:27 pm

it is easy way to share your reliance broadband connection to many computers but why hv u installed another LAN, there is no need to install that LAN u can share ur connection of that PC and enjoy the internet to the other PCs, u hv to plug in all the cables and reliance net cable to the HUb/swt.

36. Praveen Moule From (INDIA) Wrote Using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows XP on 18. March 2009 at 6:21 pm

I have reliance broadband single user plan 300kps I m using wifi modem, I directly plugged in reliance adsl line in wifi modem, when i connect single laptop through wifi it asks for username & password once & get connected but when i connects two or more laptop on same wifi modem that time it gives authorisation faild error on other laptops so how can i solve this issue so that i can access internet on other laptop aslo
Pls. help me. Thanks in advance

37. Hem From (INDIA) Wrote Using Safari 526.11.2 on Mac OS X on 18. March 2009 at 11:10 pm

@Praveen — In that case i think you need to configure you wireless router and use User ID and password from its Admin screen . so that u dont have to put userid and password provided by your ISP everytime you try to connect to Internet . after doing that as many PCs may connect to INternet via your router.. basically it wont ask for User Id and Password..

i haven’t done this but this may help you..

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