[pchelpers] Re: Broadband with router

Don't forget, you still need the 20 feet of cable.

Nigel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Broadband with router


> 
> Ok, a router is a device that passes information from PCs on a network
> to each other and to an external network connection (such as internet).
> It acts as a network hub to the PCs giving full networking services plus
> sharing if internet services with all stations.
> 
> The nice part is the hardware firewall, to protect your system from
> outside intruders. It costs a little more than a network hub, but saves
> you a lot of hassle setting up the services. Essentially, you install
> the network cards, plug un the router (check your protocols are ok) and
> go. Your broadband provider should have a system that will connect to
> it.
> 
> By comparison, connection sharing software is complicated, time
> consuming and unreliable, and you still need the network cards.



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