DSL sharing

This will not work.
The DSL must be connected directly to a host computer.
If you upgraded the system to 98 second edition on the host computer you would have the ability to install ICS (Internet Connection Sharing),that comes with 98'se. This allows other computers to go through the host (DSL) so that they can browse the Internet.
There is third-party software that can do the same thing as ICS.

My DSL is setup to only allow three computers to use it. You can plug it directly into the hub / switch with a standard patch cable not the one that came with your DSL Router (that's a crossover cable.) Depending on how many pc's your provider supports you may need to use a proxy server this will simulate one connection to the DSL Router.

You can do this, but you will need to have each machine setup with an IP address. If Mindspring allows it you can have all of your pc's get an address from their dhcp server, or you can get static IP's for each machine.
I have 1 machine with static ip and a dsl router protectint the other macines in the house.
Linksys has a good 4 port dsl router for about #100.
Either way should work. I have had no problem going thru my hub.

Good luck.

It is not hard. First identify if you have a router/modem or a hybrid which is now more availble which can configure NAT for your computers and share one IP address out to your provider. Your internal IP addresses would be 10.0.0.2, 10.0.0.3 and up. The DSL router/modem's IP address or gateway address would be 10.0.0.1 Cisco 675 modems are a hybrid and can hand out 4 IP addresses while in a NAT configuration. Neatgear has a hybrid firewall applicance which is a limited firewall and can address NAT and hand out more IP addresses (10) This works in conjunction with a standard DSL router/modem for less than $200.00. I orinigally set up our office with individual IP addresses, Plugged the Copper Mountain Router/modem into the hub set the IP addresses, Set the gateway address and the provider's DNS server and backup server and it took right off. Problems exist in that anyone leaving their systems on were open to attack. I put up an appliance firewall for less than $500.00. that could monitor or pass thought 10 workstation IP address and four dedicated servers. I like the netgear product for small networks. NAT on it's own makes it harder to break into your network and Internet routers will not repeat any 10.0.0... addresses accross the network those are blocked all accross the internet. Sonic firewall appliances and others give Denial of Service features, Web addressing, and more features. Hope this helps. Email me if you like. mschlueter@prolynx.com

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