At 12:48 PM -0500 03/18/2003, Craig Phillips wrote: >I have a 10/eathernet hub and want to connect the mac/pc net >up to one modem and have at least 2 on line, one mac and one pc. what do I >need?
A NAT router/firewall. NAT is the thingy that makes all the computers on your local (private) ethernet LAN smell like only one computer (using one IP address) to the outside world. You can use an off-the-shelf hardware box, such as made by LinkSys or D-Link. Or, since you seem to just want to share a PPP connection, you can just add some routing software to *either* your Mac or PC. On the PC, you'd need a product such as WinProxy. I don't really know anyone that's had good fast stable maintenance-free connectivity with WinProxy, but it works and its the popular solution for a PC. On the Mac, you can use a product such as IPNetRouter. I recommend IPNR; very fast (It uses your Mac's built-in routing capability - one of the fastest IP stacks in the world), very stable, etc. http://www.sustworks.com/ - Dan. ObDisclaimer: I like IPNR so much that I became a Sustworks Reseller. :) -- 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
