At 05:55 AM 9/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Currently I use a cable modem attached to a router that serves 4 computers
>(yes, I have that many teens). My son wants me to set up a 1Ghz computer
>that would serve as a gateway to improve the Internet connection speed. Its
>sole purpose is only to be this gateway. Can anyone explain to me exactly
>how this works and how I would set this up? Also, is it worth the bother.
>Parts is no problem.
If anything, this would slow it down. Unless there is something wrong with
the router, it should be as fast or faster than a PC you could setup to act
as a gateway, since that is a routers dedicated function.
The only way to speed it up would be to get a faster connection.
Russ Poffenberger
NPTest, Inc.
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