On 12 Oct 00, at 10:13, Steven J. Wolfe wrote:

> I have a question concerning the sharing of a DSL connection. DSL
> has been extremely slow to come around in my area, so I have very
> little knowledge about it!
>
> Anyway, I have a freind wanting to know which DSL modem type to
> purchase to allow for Internet Sharing. They are using Sygate
> right now with a modem connection, and a small peer to peer
> network. From the information I have found, it seems that you need
> an external DSL modem , with two NICS installed in the Server
> machine to share connections. Is this so, or can you use an
> internal DSL modem for sharing as well.

  The internal "DSL modem" replaces one of the NICs.

  In general, a multiple-IP account is a better solution than a
shared connection.  An external "DSL modem" can be used either way --
and internal can only be shared.

David G

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