On 12 Oct 00, at 9:41, Russ Poffenberger wrote:

> If you use an external DSL modem, which has ethernet ports, then you don't need
> 2 NIC's in any of your machines, and it won't have to be bogged down acting as a
> router.

  Just to clarify:  It is the gateway machine, which would otherwise
have two NICs, that would be "bogged down".  The DSL "modem" is
almost certainly a router anyway.

> You must get DSL service that has more than one static IP in that
> case, ...

  It's not so much a requirement that these be static, as that's by
far the easiest way for an ISP to manage multiple-IP accounts....

David G

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