On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 22:23, jludwig wrote: > The -5dB/1dB is a splitter which means you probably have cable tv too. > Depending on the service you may only have one allowable MAC address. > I am allowed 4 MACs, but, my modem gets "confused" whenever it has seen > more than one MAC address without being reset ( It's a Motorola too). > I have up to three machines going through one Linux firewall/router/PC > and don't see any degradation of service. > -- > jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx> Quite often you can have more than one PC recognised by the system but only one active at a time. Adding a router might be the best way to go although the router can be a Linux box as mentioned it depends if you may want the windows box on by it's self for a lot of the time. BTW the 5 port hub is more likely to be 4 port with 2 sockets on one port so you can add another hub one socket being the uplink (crossover). There came point in hub evolution where an extra socket became cheaper than a switch. A switch could also be accidentally knocked and stop a port from working. Regards Roger
