On Thu, 13 Oct 2011, John Foust wrote:
At 09:16 AM 10/13/2011, Gene Buckle wrote:
Get a switch. Plug computer into switch. Plug
printer into switch. Plug dsl device into switch. Enjoy.
Well... many DSL and cable modems in the USA are only equipped to hand out DHCP
to only one device, and will not talk to devices plugged-in after that.
If it has only one network port, it probably will only talk to one device.
If it has four ports, it is no doubt a modem plus a firewall/router, and
will support four devices.
Well the assumption being that if he's hanging out here, he knows these
things. :)
g.
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