Here is the blurb from buy.com:
The Linksys Instant Broadband EtherFast Cable/DSL Router is the perfect option to connect multiple computers to a high-speed Broadband Internet connection. Configurable as a DHCP server, supports up to 253 users, the EtherFast Cable/DSL Router acts as the only externally recognized Internet device on your local area network (LAN). The router can also be configured to block internal users' access to the Internet. A typical router relies on a hub or a switch to share its Internet connection, but the Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router channels this connection through the blazing, full duplex speed of its built-in EtherFast 10/100 4-Port Switch.
Dragon Singer wrote:
Hello fellows, I have a few questions for you. We will be getting hooked up to the University's LAN in about a month or so. For security reasons I'd like to set up a comp as a gateway instead of getting an IP for each comp my family owns. Will a 486 work for this job? What are the bare requirements for this gate. The 486 I'm looking at doesn't have a HD but I can take the 2.4 gig HD (The Linux HD on my current desktop) and swap it in. The gentleman I'm negotiating with says he'll sell me the box and a NIC for $85.00. Will I need two NIC cards? one for the ethernet connection into the gate and one to go to the hub? Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely and Respectfully Yours Wayne & Leader Dog Sequoia
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