they work fine with DSL, just network the rest of the computers together with a 10BaseT network card, get some Cat5 cable and the DSL router. plug the cables from the computers into the back of the router and the DSL modem also into the back and you should be off and running. Linksys make a good router that does NAT, firewalling (basic) port forwarding and so forth all set-up the your web browser. Should work fine for what it is you want to do. Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Juranich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:53 AM Subject: Re: Networking Help for an Absolute Beginner Please
> Well, I'm not a networking guy myself, but I'd recommend looking at the > Linux Network Administrator's Guide > (http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Linux/LDP/LDP/nag2/index.html) for > starters. I would imagine that has most of what you're going to need > (maybe a little too much?). > > As far as hardware goes, I've heard of people having a lot of luck with > those $50 firewall/router boxes that are getting to be ubiquitous. Of > course, that was with cable modems, but I can't imaging that using it > with DSL would be much different. > > Lots of luck. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen W. Juranich [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Electrical Engineering http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic > University of Washington http://ssli.ee.washington.edu/ssli > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
