-=PCTechTalk=- Re: router/hub question
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:39:05 -0500
is it really necessary to have a router if you only have one computer and
you use a firewall like zone alarm?
christy
----- Original Message -----
From: "~OoO~" <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:50 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: router/hub question
> Yes and no. You can't use the router the typical way, because the cable
> would normally go from the wall to the modem, and then from the modem to
> the
> router. Then, you would send a cable from the router to the computer (and
> another cable from the router to the computer if you have more than one
> computer).
>
> But, you can share the connection using Internet Connection Sharing or
> even
> a proxy program. One I recommend is called Proxy by AnalogX... and free:
> http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm
>
> If you have a problem with the link, use:
> http://tinyurl.com/mce
>
> ---Troth
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Theki56@xxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:42 AM
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- router/hub question
>
> I would like to ask a question ,so as to answer the one that put to
> me;namely,can a hub or router be used to share a dialup connection-one of
> my
> coworkers
> is considering buying another computer and doesn't want to invest in
> broadband
> just yet.
> TIA,
> Dan
> I
> "Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and
> virtue than education without natural ability."
>
> Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
>
>
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