Does a Cable/DSL router have to be connected directly to the incoming cable line in order to split a connection?
Here's the deal. The cable company allows up to 3 simultaneous connections on my line. I am building another computer and want to be able to get all 4 on the internet, which I plan to do with a 4 port EtherFast Cable/DSL Router. However, I do NOT wish to unplug 2 of the original computers from their current position unless I absolutely have to.
So, can I plug the router into one of the regular ethernet ports on the hub that is connected to the cable modem, and essentially draw one IP address, and split that up seperately from the other 2 computers?
Man that sounds confusing even to me.... let me explain this way...
4 Comps
1 Modem
1 Hub
1 Router
Modem --> Hub --> Comp1, Comp2, Router --> Comp3, Comp4
Will this work?
Also of note because I'm not completely familiar with how the Cable companies have their stuff running.... but I do know that only computers whose NIC card Mac Addresses I have called and "registered" with AT&T will work in my current configuration (being straight connect to hub to modem)
Does the router bypass the Mac Address checking? If not, how can you get this to work?
Here's the deal. The cable company allows up to 3 simultaneous connections on my line. I am building another computer and want to be able to get all 4 on the internet, which I plan to do with a 4 port EtherFast Cable/DSL Router. However, I do NOT wish to unplug 2 of the original computers from their current position unless I absolutely have to.
So, can I plug the router into one of the regular ethernet ports on the hub that is connected to the cable modem, and essentially draw one IP address, and split that up seperately from the other 2 computers?
Man that sounds confusing even to me.... let me explain this way...
4 Comps
1 Modem
1 Hub
1 Router
Modem --> Hub --> Comp1, Comp2, Router --> Comp3, Comp4
Will this work?
Also of note because I'm not completely familiar with how the Cable companies have their stuff running.... but I do know that only computers whose NIC card Mac Addresses I have called and "registered" with AT&T will work in my current configuration (being straight connect to hub to modem)
Does the router bypass the Mac Address checking? If not, how can you get this to work?