Thanx to all who shared their thoughts, you've been really helpful guys
(as always).
As many pointed out, the crux of the question is my ISP who's only
giving me one IP number. You've helped me understand why a switch won't
do and why a router is needed.
So, for the time being, I will kee
Hi Paul,
Paul E Condon wrote:
> I'm lurking here, looking to better understand a problem that I've never
had to confront: NAT, I understand requires translation tables, one entry
for each active tcp connection. This takes RAM. It also takes enough
CPU cycles to maintain this table --- set up n
Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> I'm lurking here, looking to better understand a problem that I've never
> had to confront: NAT, I understand requires translation tables, one entry
> for each active tcp connection. This takes RAM. It also takes enough
> CPU cycles to maintain this table --
On 20110421_003957, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Klistvud wrote:
> >I'm planning to purchase a wired (consumer grade) switch since I've
> >heard they're inherently more robust than (consumer grade) routers,
> >and I'm planning to connect it *directly* to our cable broadband
> >modem. Then, th
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