Connecting an extra computer to Internet

[Mike Chambers]

On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 20:23 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Steve Searle:
> >> Is this your router:
> >> http://www.thomson-broadband.co.uk/products/Details.asp?ProductID=514
> 
> 
> Kevin J. Cummings:
> > But, will his ISP provide him more than one IP address?  This is the
> > limiting factor!  If the ISP will only give him 1 IP, what happens when
> > the 2nd computer asks and gets no answer?
> 
> If that link was for the right modem, then he should have no problem.
> Further down the page, the product details say:  "Allows Multiple users
> to share a single IP address on the same ADSL connection".  That implies
> that it does something like NAT (the modem gets your public IP, your LAN
> runs on a different subnet using private IPs).

Actually, what it means is what it says; It allows multiple users to
share a single IP.  But what it didn't say, is that you have to build
your own network behind it to allow the sharing.  Lots or most modems
say the same thing, but again you have to build your own network.  Heck,
even look at the back of the modem, it only has ONE ethernet cable.  You
can't share with just one.

The OP will need to buy/build a router and setup his own
network/firewall if he wants to allow more than one computer.

-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

"Best little town on Earth!"