At 06:15 PM 10/31/01 -0500, Ted Mozer wrote the following: >A friend and co-worker has his computer hooked up to the AOL DSL modem via >USB. He has two other computers in this house that he would like to connect >to his via network cards, a hub or switch and the required Cat5 cables. > >What is the best way for him to go about sharing his DSL internet >connection? I have networked (my own and other friends) Ethernet DSL and >Cable Modem connections, but have never dealt with a modem using a USB >connection......
A USB modem is essentially the same as a PCI modem. Therefore, treat it as internal to one PC. This means that you will lose flexibility since the PC must now act as a master or gateway to anything else in the home network. You also cannot place any hardware firewall, or residential gateway device beyond this PC. PCI or USB modems are rarely supported well outside of Windows, thus if you are using Linux, forget it. -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
