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by shawnasea

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I would like a recommendation of hardware for home LAN, so that the outside world only can see one IP Address.
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Shawn

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by curlergirl

Assuming you have cable or DSL service at home, my advice is to get a cable/DSL firewall router. There are some very inexpensive ones from NetGear or LinkSys that include a small hub that is usually 4 or 6 ports that should be adequate for your home network. These routers are practically self-configurable and include DHCP and NAT services automatically pre-configured. Just about all you have to do is configure the connection to your ISP and plug everything in. The last one I think we got for a client was a LinkSys model BEFSR41. This one comes with a 6-port hub, I think. Hope this helps!

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