Re: LAN + shared Internet connection

Well, this term kind of bothers me: "Gigabit Internet Switch" - perhaps
Gigabit Ethernet Switch?

In any event, your proposed solution should work. If possible, I think it
would be slightly better to keep the office computer connected to the switch
and simply run a cable from a LAN port on the router to a LAN port on the
switch. Some switches have an uplink port designed for this purpose.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP


"Ragnar Midtskogen" <ragnar_ng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#JoICEqeGHA.3640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

A client of ours has a wired LAN in his store, which is used to support
our
invoicing system, with 5 computers on it. It was set up by a networking
specialist and is working well.
Now he has gotten Internet access via DSL and he wants to be able to
access
the Internet from all computers. The DSL line comes into his office.
At the moment his computers are all connected through a Gigabit Internet
Switch in the store, while the computer in his office is connected
directly
to the DSL modem, using the USB port.

I am aware that it is possible to set up his office computer to use
Internet
Connection Sharing, in effect turning that computer into a gateway.
I am also aware that the IP addresses on the LAN will change, although I
am
not sure if this will cause any problem.

The client has Linksys Wireless G Broadband router which was used for a
wireless LAN, but which turned out to be too unreliable.
I was thinking that the best solution would be to hook the DSL modem into
the Internet jack on the router, then hook the client's office computer
into
one of the network jacks on the router. Finally, the cable to the store,
which connected his computer to the switch would be plugged into another
network jack on the router. That should mean that all the computer in the
store would also be connected to the router, and be able to connect to the
Internet.

I am not an expert on networking, but it seems to me that the solution
with
the router would be the best. It would give him a hardware firewall on the
outside of his LAN.
I have a similar setup at home and it is working well, except I have had
some problems getting the computers on the LAN connecting to each other.

I would appreciate any comments or advice on this.

Ragnar




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