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Skriven 2005-05-08 10:34:01 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
    Kommentar till text 265 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
Ärende: Sharing InterNet between more machines on the LAN
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Hello Carol,

MvdV>> Eh? You mean he does not have a machine of his own?

MvdV>> These days computers are so cheap that one can easely afford to let ea
MvdV>> member of the family have its own. That is unless you want the latest
MvdV>> of the latest, but most of the time they don't need that.

 > One cable modem port, no way to afford 2.

No need. There are several solutions to share the one cable between several
computers.

1) Install a broadband router. These things are very affordable these days.
Price here is around EUR 30-50. (New) On E-bay they are offered for EUR 20 or
less. If your cable modem already has a build in router, you only need a
switch.

2) Install a proxy server on the machine that is on the cable. Proxy Plus is a
good free proxy server.

http://www.proxyplus.cz/

You will need a second NIC in the computer running the proxy server, but that
won't be a problem will it?


I'd go for solution 1, certainly if you want to connect more than two machines
as in that case you will need the switch anyway. Other than that, almost all
routers have a builkd in firewall which makes firewalls at the work stations
redundant.

Before I had my broadband connection, I used the proxy server solution to share
InterNet between two computers. When I got broadband, I went for solution 1 and
I can connect a virtually unlimited number of computers, all having access to
the InterNet.

But... you must know all that, I am sure you have routers, proxies and switches
all over the ship...

Cheers, Michiel

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