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Internet Connection Sharing and ADSL

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by trallane

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Can anyone tell me if the DSL modem needs to be directly plugged into the NIC of the Host PC or can it be in the uplink port of the hub and the Host nics plugged into the hub or if this even should matter? I ma using access manager 1.4. I have had many thoughts and would love a real explanation.

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Tracy

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by lilkuya_5

If you were given multiple IP's than you could use the uplink port on the hub. If you only have one Ip you can use your host as a router and plug it directly into the DSL modem and have another one go into the uplink port of the hub (using the Hostcomputer as everyone's default gateway). Otherwise the only other way of going about using your hub is getting a router and putting the IP you were given into the router and using that as default gateway.
If given multiple IP's than go ahead andplug into uplink port and use DHCP for PC's.

by ebob

A typical installation would be:

--> PC
DSL Modem --> DSL "Router"* --> PC
--> PC

* Where a DSL Router is any of those nifty switch/hub/firewall/router boxes from any of several manufacturers (LinkSys, Asante, etc.)

I don't think you can use just a plain "hub", although another response to this thread makes a suggestion that is worth a try.

Whenever I try to connect to the "uplink port" on a hub, I always get messed up with cables. I'm certain that a straight-thru is WRONG, but I always forget is I should use a "roll-over" or a "cross-over", which are different.

by paulette.mutchler

As far as I know, you can't direct it into a hub. You can have it into a NIC to a host pc, from the host pc, install a second nic, that goes into the hub and any additional pc's can go into the hub. Your host pc in effect becomes your gateway.

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