[Lvlug] Routers, hubs, and switches

Stephen Corbesero flash at cs.moravian.edu
Tue Jun 29 14:02:59 EDT 2004


If you have two computers, you could set one up as our "router" to do
the NAT that was mentioned.  All you would need is a second NIC for
the machine connected to the real jack, and to start natd.  


On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 01:00:07PM -0400, Ferguson, Scott W wrote:
> Can anybody clarify for me the difference between these three?  My dilemma
> is simple, I have one eth jack at work/dorm and I want two computers
> hooked up without screwing around with the network.  So I guess just
> splitting the signal?  Seems to me like a router would be the wrong way to
> go...
> 

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Stephen Corbesero
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 18018


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