On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > Well i'm a newbie myself.... so let me ask you a stupid question. But b4 I
> > do let
> > me tell you that I have a similar situation using DSL not CAble. I have 5
> > pc's all
> > on a Lan. one is a Linux box. I'm not too familiar with Cable but it
> > seems that
> > if you have an external modem/router for your cable that you're going about
> > connecting
> > your pc the wrong way. Why don't you just buy a 10bt concentrator for $40
> > and connect your cable to it. then "all" machines (Linux, pc, and future
> > boxes) all
> > can talk tcp/ip on the lan and internet? No software is needed.
> >
> >
> Well. I don't recall the original post, however typically
> the cable company requires you to use their external box to
> connect to ONE PC. At that point, you should be able to use
> your Linux box as a firewall <G> and route everything
> through it for security purposes. :-)
> John
>
They charge 5$'s a month per ip, and limit you to no more than threee
IP's. So just pluging into the hub isn't always viable. They being @Home
that is..
--
MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
--Axalon
