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re: Cable to hub - hub to computers does not work.
Friday, October 18, 2002 at 10:33 am
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Posted by MIke Pisio (1 messages posted)

You CAN still use your hub for the two computers, only that you will then have to get a sceonf IP address from your ISP. This will cost you more per month. Go with the above reply, and get yourself a router. It will be cheaper in the long run.

On Friday, October 18, 2002 at 10:00 am, Adam wrote:

>You can't use a hub to distribute an IP to multiple computers, you need to use a 
>DSL/Cable router that implements network address translation.  What that means is 
>your ISP gives you one IP address, say 157.209.72.202, and only one computer at 
a 
>time can use it.... while the cable router will instead assign each computer a private 
>IP, directing traffic through ports....
>Anyway, get a cable switch.... they're only like $50 now.
>
>






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re: Cable to hub - hub to computers does not work. (Adam the Wiseguy: Friday, October 18, 2002 at 10:00 am)


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re: Cable to hub - hub to computers does not work. (joe: Monday, May 26, 2003 at 3:00 pm)

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Cable to hub - hub to computers does not work. (Glapsides: Fri, Oct 18, 2002, 9:37 am)

re: Cable to hub - hub to computers does not work. (Adam the Wiseguy: Fri, Oct 18, 2002, 10:00 am)

re: Cable to hub - hub to computers does not work. (MIke Pisio: Fri, Oct 18, 2002, 10:33 am)

re: Cable to hub - hub to computers does not work. (joe: Mon, May 26, 2003, 3:00 pm)

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