At 1:52 PM -0600 12/23/01, Sam Burrish wrote: >Nope, if you don't have a broadband connection (cable, DSL, etc.) you don't >need a hardware router. They are made to route a static connection. The >router cannot dialup into your ISP, or plug in to a phone line for that >matter. > >The best solution is to get a Mac with a modem setup running IPNetRouter. >Connect all your Macs together with a Ethernet hub or switch. Then all you >have to do is give all your Macs an IP address and when the main Macs is >dialed up, everything will run. > >I don't know of any hardware solutions that will dialup and route a phone >connection. > >IPNetRouter comes with excellent documentation on how do what I just >described.
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