[newbie] more research

[Don and Alexa Pongracz]

I believe I am having problems defining my host. I am networked to my husbands computer and we get our internet services from shaw.ca. when I am asked to define the host it wants me to be very specific. The book says to use data provided by your ISP. Well and good but shaw cable says that as I am networked, despite the fact we pay for two computers, it is my problem and I must deal with it myself. Their solution is for me to connect to the cable directly, which would create different settings, and I think that would be useless. So - question - when I am defining host, what is the right way to go?