pfarrell;488652 Wrote: > CorePrime wrote: > > You will probably need a router, otherwise you will be using 2 IP > > addresses from your internet provider. They will want to charge you > for > > it. With a router you can share your one IP address between many > > devices. > > Er, that is why I suggested calling the ISP. If their modem/router or > whatever they call it does NAT translation and assigns the TCP/IP > address via a DHCP server, you are done. > > It depends on what the ISP provides. > > You are a bit confused, nearly all ISPs do NAT at the entry to your > house, so only one IP address is visible externally. > > There is very little difference between a router and a switch. The > more > important question is who assigns the TCP/IP addresses. Doing that > manually has been obsolete for at least a decade. > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
Sorry, that is not my experience. While using Comcast, the largest ISP in the U.S., I tried using a switch and each connected device required a unique ip address. A couple weeks later I received a letter telling me I'll have to pay for the additional ip addresses and suggested I use a router. -- CorePrime ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CorePrime's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33924 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71765 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
