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Re: [OT] sharing a DSL connection



Ho yin Ng wrote:

> This is an easy peasy question .

> Can I share an ADSL connection between two laptops using a ADSL modem
> and a
> 4 port ethernet hub with an uplink port? If I set it so that one
> computer is
> set to share its internet connection? Or does a computer need two
Ethernet
> ports to do that?


If the modem doesn't support NAT, you need one PC to share its ethernet
connection via another of its network ports (2nd ethernet, wifi,
firewire, serial, parallel, irda ... etc)

Jim



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