Steve Searle wrote: > Is this your router: > http://www.thomson-broadband.co.uk/products/Details.asp?ProductID=514 > > If it is, that page says "...the Thomson ST 516 can be used for high > speed internet access for a single computer: Apple Mac, Linux > workstation or Windows PC, or can be used to connect an existing network > hub, router or wireless access point." This means it can be connected > to a switch. But, will his ISP provide him more than one IP address? This is the limiting factor! If the ISP will only give him 1 IP, what happens when the 2nd computer asks and gets no answer? > Steve -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)