You can do this if you have the right sort of ADSL contract. I have "enhanced adsl" which means 5 static IP addresses, and each host picks one. What you label "internet" is a direct connection to a router that knows to forward my 5 IP numbers down that pipe.
With a basic ADSL setup, you probably don't get static IPs, so you get one each time you connect. Perhaps multiple machines can get one apiece. This depends on the ISP. Some of them register your MAC addresses, and won't allow this. However, you can replace the hub with one of the commercially available Cable/DSL routers and get the same effect without the ISP being able to tell. I got one by Linksys (because it also helps secure Windoze systems) from Office Depot for under US$100. ++ kevin On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 01:20:26PM +0800, m.w.Chang wrote: > I have seen people claiming that one could share the internet link that > way. > > internet > | > adsl/cable modem > | > hub -- workstations > |____ server > > I just wonder: > > 1. how one should configure the linux to make that possible? > Create a "virtual" ppp/eth device that talks > to the adsl-modem via the hub? > > 2. is it secured to do so? > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. -- Kevin O'Gorman (805) 650-6274 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Permanent e-mail forwarder: mailto:Kevin.O'[EMAIL PROTECTED] At school: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~kogorman/index.html Web: http://kosmanor.com/~kevin/index.html "Life is short; eat dessert first!" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
