My Reply follows quote. On 09/02/2004 23:05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:31:11 -0800, someone going by the name of Ken ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake in tongues thusly: > >>Unless they have some sort of hack to only let you use one MAC address >>(and even then you can generally get around this) you can just plug a >>router into your modem and go to town. > >A router will only appear as a single computer from the outside, with >a single MAC address. (Routers generally assign their own IP >addresses via DHCP for the internal network, which have nothing to do >with the IP addresses in the outside world.) The other main benefit >for a router is that they often come with a NAT firewall, providing >some protection from outside attacks, even if you only have a single >computer hooked up to it. > >The trouble is getting an Ethernet card for the Performa machines. >I've looked around for one for my 6200 (so I could get a faster >connection between it and my laptop than the LocalTalk-to-Ethernet >bridge I have currently ;), but they're quite expensive. ---------- Well, that is essentially what I said. In any case, he is talking about a Performa 6115, a thinly disguised PPC 6100, which has "built-in" ethernet. You just need a "dongle" to convert the AAUI port to RJ-45. These are readily available, probably for a couple of $$.
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