Re: Problem setting up a small network

From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 11/04/04 

Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 22:51:02 -0500

Fine. If you want a crappy software solution to a problem that is
much more eloquently and reliably solved with a very cheap,
unobtrusive piece of hardware, then that's your call.

The very day I hooked up my broadband router I wondered why I ever
even thought of using Internet Crap Sharing software.

But whatever...

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 02:03:43 GMT, "SlowJet" <SlowJet@noTY2this.com>
wrote:

>It all depends on whom you are sharing with and whom is paying the bill.
>I would never use a router for my LAN other than a security wall between my
>Host and the NET. And if my host is off, no one had better being using the
>net.
>
>So, I guess the owner of computer's and ISP accounts need to think before
>impluse buying. ;)
>
>
>BUT DAD, Everyone else is doing it!!!!!!!!!!
>
>SJ
>"NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
>news:aasao057sa1amf4qanppkkk68hq337kp3v@4ax.com...
>> Yes, the way the OP had the network setup could work, but recommending
>> a broadband router to replace the hub is the best bet. Otherwise the
>> OP MUST leave the machine providing ICS hosting on all the time for
>> the other machines to access the internet. ICS is also a clunky
>> interface. When it fails (and it often does) you have to reboot the
>> host to restore ICS to functioning mode. Internet Crap Sharing is a
>> very poor substitute for a broadband router.

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