07-08-2008, 12:15 PM
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 Re: wireless connection ??
"L.S." wrote in message
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> Thanks.
>
> The 'typical setup' is how we're running at work but still wondering if I
> can hook the hardware up so I don't have the router powered on all the
> time, just when I need it.
Rewire the connection. It's not that hard.
> The cable modem has two outputs in back, cat5 and usb. Can I hook my
> desktop to the usb(my desktop has an on-board lan card) and the router to
> the cat5(to run my laptop when needed)?
Yes you can hook them up as described above. Will it work simultaneously?
No.
> Is there such a thing as a cat5 splitter? One leg running to my desktop
> and the other running to the router.
Let's assume there is a CAT5 "splitter". Here's the problem:
Your cable modem can only assign 1 public IP address to 1 device (either a
PC or a router connected to it). How is it going to assign multiple (public)
IP addresses to multiple devices (a PC and a router)?
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