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mattssi · 01-03-2001, 07:37 PM

It would be a replacement. They also have specific routers for cable and DSL modems which are cool, because usually a cable company will give you 1 IP address for your cable modem....which in turn means you can only have 1 computer going on the net at a time. With the DSL/CABLE router, the router is configurable for DHCP and can give x amount of computers in the house a IP address and direct them all throught the 1 IP address that the cable company provided. (I hope that made sense)

of course, you can share that internet connection other ways also with a hub using Internet Connection Sharing features of windows 98 2nd edition and Windows 2000 (which is what I am doing since hubs are like $20)

01-03-2001, 07:37 PM	#5
mattssi Member (4 bit) Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 15	It would be a replacement. They also have specific routers for cable and DSL modems which are cool, because usually a cable company will give you 1 IP address for your cable modem....which in turn means you can only have 1 computer going on the net at a time. With the DSL/CABLE router, the router is configurable for DHCP and can give x amount of computers in the house a IP address and direct them all throught the 1 IP address that the cable company provided. (I hope that made sense) of course, you can share that internet connection other ways also with a hub using Internet Connection Sharing features of windows 98 2nd edition and Windows 2000 (which is what I am doing since hubs are like $20)