OK, so remember I was asking about DSL and setting it up on the hub and so forth? Well, part of this is I think the oddities of 8.1 so I'm going to write off some of it as merely that.
I got the modem and it came with a red crossover cable. I had an extra uncrossed ethernet cable that I hooked it into. On the network there is now the modem, my linux machine and a PC running (unfortunately) windows. Here comes one of those oddities that I write off as 8.1. I turned on the modem and got onto the PC and lo and behold by using a specific ip I could then contact the modem. However, I couldn't see it from the linux machine. I tried reinstalling everything basically. I really didn't want to do that, but after trying to reset the connection using MCC it wasn't getting me anywhere. After reinstalling everything I still couldn't see the modem. So I call sprint tech support. They talk me into hooking up the red crossover cable and after some fiddling around with the configuration and some other things I got my linux machine to see the modem. So to try and keep this from getting out of hand and turning into a manifesto, they got me configured going straight to the modem. I'm now online. Sprint tells me that I either need a router or a second NIC in order to get the other computer to use the DSL. Is this true? I read some of the tutorials but I'm a little confused as they start talking about PPPoE but the modem does all of that for me. What I want to know is now that I can see the modem, if I turn around and hook it back to the hub can I still see it and then turn on the connection sharing? Or are they right and I need either a router or second NIC? My wife is the one using the PC with windows and she has things she needs to do online so if someone can give me a definitive answer ASAP, I'd greatly appreciate it. Tom Williams
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