no mike, not at all. if the PC stays on 24/7, you can connect the mac to it 'downstream' [further away from the internet] and let your PC be the router for it to reach the net and get traffic from the net, using subnet masking. like the guys here reminded me, you can either manually give the mac its own subnet mask IP number, or let the routing software on the PC do it.
amber rhea's site has detailed instructions on how to do this with any number of macs and PC's and only one IP number that your ISP assigns to your service. if i remember aright, the machine that serves to be the IP net router has to have two ethernet cards in it, one for intake from the net, and one for pass-along outgoing to whatever machines you want it to route traffic out to. in this case, your PC is the IP netrouter and your mac is a subnet masked machine your ISP never knows is there. if you want to add more macs to the network later, you put a switch on the way from the PC to the subnet masked macs, and hook each mac into that box. each added mac gets a different subnet mask IP number of its own, in sequence. the number system is standard. you can read about it on 'three macs and a printer'. janet http://community.webtv.net/mensabrains/BADCODE -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
