Jason Rennie wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I have a hub, and i want to connect 2 machines to the hub, and plug the
> adsl modem into the hub.
>
>
It would be better to have the ADSL connect to one machine, with another NIC
in that machine connected to the hub. This makes it easier to do thing like
firewalling and masqurading, and eliminates the chance of the ADSL modem
forward packets from your local (private) LAN to the internet.
Network cards are cheap, and this way there's no chance of your ADSL provider
noticing you have a LAN connected to the service, as well as making it easier
to setup and maintain the configuration at your end.
ObDisclaimer: These are my opinions, not my companies etc.
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