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Old 06-04-2005, 08:16 AM   #2 (permalink)
johnwill
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I'm curious as to why you don't just use a router. Depending on the ISP to assign your IP addresses in the same subnet is pretty risky. In addition, you're also opening up your file shares to the public connection, another bad idea.

I suggest you buy a broadband router and connect all the computers to the router. You'll have shared Internet access, a hardware firewall protecting all the systems, and they'll all be in the same subnet for file/print sharing.
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