On Monday 11 November 2002 17:13, Jon Biddell wrote:
On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 12:00, Bob wrote:
On Monday 11 November 2002 16:52, Eric Gies wrote:
Hi. I am setting up a Yahoo/SBC DSL Internet connection and it is on a 6 User network. Would it be recommended just to stick with a hub, or would you use a switch or router. Just looking for opinions.
Eric
Hello Eric; If you use a hub, your ISP will have to send you 6 ipaddress (dynamically) or assign 6 static address. This usually equates to more money to dish out. If you are only paying for one IP address then router is the way to go.
Huh ? Why not use a firewall between the network and the DSL connection and NAT it - you only use ONE IP address then.... Assuming that you can get away with masquerading your internal network, and I don't know of many businesses that can't.
Of course you can do that too. I do not see why you would not be able to get away w/ masquerading. Sorry that my reply was ambiguous. When you mentioned hub I was reading into it that you where just going to use a hub and put them all on the internet, which did not make since to me. Again sorry for not reading carefully. bob