Hi folks,

Here is my situation: I have a Win 98 desktop PC and a Win98SE laptop
currently on a Linksys 5 port Ethernet 10/100 hub (not router). My cable
modem is plugged into the hub, and I have 2 IP addresses from my cable modem
service. I went the two IP route since my wife's employer is paying for one
of them, and since both she and I need to access our workplaces via VPN's so
I did not want to risk going with a router or with Win98 ICS for fear of
mucking up our VPN
accesses.

I also am contemplating linking my kids 2 computers together via a HPNA
telephone based network so they can share files and a printer on a different
floor.

Question. How can I also link my desktop computer to this phone based HPNA
network so that my kids can share the cable modem as well. I would not want
to disturb my wife's separate IP, so I would want them to share only the 2nd
IP that I have. This would mean that my desktop computer would be in two
separate networks, an Ethernet based network with my wife's laptop, and a
HPNA-based network with my two kids' computers. Obviously I need an HPNA NIC
in my desktop as well as my current Ethernet 10/100 card, but what else do I
need to know. What sort of interference, if any will I get because my
desktop PC is part of two separate networks. Can I pull this off?

All help gratefully appreciated.

Michael

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