At 07:09 PM 3/10/2002 -0500, Gary J. Ferdinand W2CS wrote:
>First of all, you do not NEED a router. You might decide it's the best
>option, but it's not necessary.
I've been down these roads. You need to check with your Internet provider,
a router may indeed be necessary. For example, AT&T Broadband charges an
additional fee ($9.95/month) to connect more than 1 computer (up to 3
actually) to the Internet (they call it Home Networking). Using a router,
I can connect as many computers as I want without paying the additional fee
(they see the router as a single computer). You can set up a gateway
computer and a hub and do the same thing, but then it needs 2 network
cards, must always be on, some software like AOL might not work through it,
etc.
73 - Jim AD1C
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