Can the provider see Cable Modem connection sharing?
This is a discussion about Can the provider see Cable Modem connection sharing? in the Windows Networking category; OK. I'm getting a new internet connection next week. Something a bit faster that will replace my US Robotics 56k EXT FAX modem 8). I've been talking to the provider if I can hook up 2 computers via switch.
OK. I'm getting a new internet connection next week. Something a bit faster that will replace my US Robotics 56k EXT FAX modem 8). I've been talking to the provider if I can hook up 2 computers via switch. They said that that's not allowed so I'm wondering is there a way they can find out. What if I do an internet connecion sharing in xp's instead of a swithch. Does anyone know more about this?
And what is better switch, router, hub and what is the difference?
Thanks
And what is better switch, router, hub and what is the difference?
Thanks
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Im not allowed to have two connections on mine either but i did have it setup as me connecting to my mams comp to go online, then we bought an Netgear Router for £60 that came with 2 NIC cards for free and it works wonderfully and allows me to have an ftp also
Get a router. It will connect you to the cable modem and give you good network performance between your computers. I got a belkin 4port... very nice.
yes, they can tell if you have a router or not...routers typically use NAT which sends requests on a much higher port number than the standard port 80 (for http requests). so if they do monitor the traffic, they can find out if they want to
Wouldn't a caching/proxy server such as ISA be able to circumvent that? All port 80 requests would be forwarded to a single IP, the ISA server...
yeah, but I think he just wanted a router : )
a linux box with squid and a firewall would do the trick I bet but I am in
the wrong forum for that : )
a linux box with squid and a firewall would do the trick I bet but I am in
the wrong forum for that : )
Jasbo, you're right about the original poster just wanting a router, I guess I let my mind wander.
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If you haven't already, you may be interested in checking out http://www.linuxcompatible.org. It's NT Compatible's sister site, and the user database is shared, so there's no need to re-register. Also, there are several of us who are also interested in Linux/BSD solutions. Welcome to the forums!
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Thanks for the replies. I checked for a router but it's too expensive (for now), I'll try microsoft's connection sharing.
Jasbo I'm also running SuSE 8.0 on the second machine and I doubt that microsoft connection sharing would do any good. Can I configure a linux machine to act as a router?
Jasbo I'm also running SuSE 8.0 on the second machine and I doubt that microsoft connection sharing would do any good. Can I configure a linux machine to act as a router?
yes, you can and rather than go into a deep description, I will just point you to the suse page where you should find everything you need to know... lots of luck and have fun
http://sdb.suse.de/cgi-bin/sdbsearch_en.cgi?stichwort=router&searchtype=and
http://sdb.suse.de/cgi-bin/sdbsearch_en.cgi?stichwort=router&searchtype=and
