on 1/21/02 9:57 PM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 1/21/02 8:26 PM, "M. Tamer �zsu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> However, I don't quite understand Paul's remark about OS X won't letting me >> share the same external router. I am running a router (MacSense Pro) >> connected to my DSL modem and I have four things connected to the router: my >> printer, my wired G4, my old Lombardi, and Airport. There are three more >> machines running off the Airport right now. Of the five machines that are >> running, two are running OS X (10.1.2), one is running 9.2, one 9.1 and the >> last W2K (yes, I hate to admit it, but I have one of those too). So, OS X is >> very happy being connected to a router that it is sharing with other >> devices. > > Can they all be connected to the internet at the same time? "Router" was > probably the wrong word. I don't have my own router. But I can't connect > both my computers to each other via the internet through the same ethernet > hub. I can connect either one that way, and I can connect the two together > as a local network through the hub. A level-3 Apple tech explained to me > that without OS X Server, it was impossible to connect them via the > internet. In fact, if one is connected to the internet, I usually need to > reboot it before I can connect the two together trough the hub. It _is_ a > very cheap hub, but...
Paul, You haven't given us very much information to go with, so it is not possible to judge the accuracy of the advice given to you. However, using a hub to connect your self to a cable modem or DSL is really not a good idea, nor is a directly connected machine. You really should have at least a firewall, and better yet a NAT/router. I strongly recommend you pick up a router with NAT. Macsense (or is it Xsense now) makes a very good one. -- Eric Hildum -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
