>Steve Sloan wrote: >They usually charge a little extra for each additional >computer hooked into the modem. You ask them for an >additional net connection, they charge you for it, and >they give you a new machine name that is allowed to log >into their network. You go in and set your computer's >network name to the name they give you, set up a LAN >connection to use the password they give you, and >hopefully you're all set afer that.
I can't speak about how it works with DSL, but with a cable modem and a router, as far as the cable modem is concerned there is only one computer attached to it. The router dynamically routes incoming signals from the internet to the appropriate computer more or less the same way windows routes incoming internet signal to the appropriate browser or other internet application. As far as the cable company is concerned, there is only one computer that they are serving. Of course, even cable companies that say they have no problem with this setup (Time-Warner in KC for example) will try to sell you a separate connection for each computer, because that would mean more money for them. But I personally have not seen a situation where that has been necessary. Or am I misunderstanding your situation? Reggie _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
