[newbie] Homemade Router/Switch... Being cheap.

2000-04-27 Thread George Jones
Ok... I have a question for all of you network geniuses out there. I have been contemplating the purchase of a switch for my home network. I have 3 PC's that need to be connected to the internet with my cable connection. I had thought to buy that Linksys Cable router, but I realized that I

Re: [newbie] Homemade Router/Switch... Being cheap.

2000-04-27 Thread Rial Juan
Of course. IP-masquerading is the thing you'll want. I haven't been playing with this myself, but a pal 'o mine does it at his place, and it works very well. On Apr 27 George Jones wrote: Ok... I have a question for all of you network geniuses out there. I have been contemplating the

Re: [newbie] Homemade Router/Switch... Being cheap.

2000-04-27 Thread flupke
George Jones wrote: Ok... I have a question for all of you network geniuses out there. I have been contemplating the purchase of a switch for my home network. I have 3 PC's that need to be connected to the internet with my cable connection. I had thought to buy that Linksys Cable router,

Re: [newbie] Homemade Router/Switch... Being cheap.

2000-04-27 Thread Monte Milanuk
If you are being really cheap and don't need anything else besides routing, go to www.freesco.org. One floppy, setup done in less than 10 minutes (to be fair, I've done it a few times), and you are done. Monte flupke wrote: George Jones wrote: Ok... I have a question for all of you