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Dtox

13-01-2004, 02:22 PM

I am the first to admit that i am technically chalenged :P
so please excuse me if this is a dumb question but please also answer it :)
With my ADSL i am able to connect a hub to it and all my home PC's to the hub, this will alow me to connect with any or all of my PC's.
How does this work with Sentech? will i require a modem for each PC/laptop or can i also connect only 1 modem to the hub and have connectivity for all my machines?

mbs

13-01-2004, 02:27 PM

The quick answer is that if the wireless unit you purchase/lease is router-capable, and has connectivity capability to a switch/hub, then you'll be able to use all your machines for Internet connectivity through the unit. Dunno what unit you will buy, so can't comment further...

Enzo_Matrix

13-01-2004, 02:28 PM

Okay,

Basically you have to set the machine which has the modem as the gateway. Set in your network Neighbourhood properties under TCP/IP I think? anyway you can then just connect to that machine via your HUB and then from that machine to the web :) I was asking about getting a ethernet modem but they only have the USB/PCIMI modem :(

Enzo

P.S. anyone can correct me if my logic is wrong...

Dtox

13-01-2004, 02:56 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Enzo_Matrix
Basically you have to set the machine which has the modem as the gateway. Set in your network Neighbourhood properties under TCP/IP I think? anyway you can then just connect to that machine via your HUB and then from that machine to the web :) I was asking about getting a ethernet modem but they only have the USB/PCIMI modem :(
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Thanks for the replies,

If setting up one machine as a server or gateway, does every machine that connects to the ISP get a different IP adress as with a router modem? or will they share a single IP adress?

as MBS says, not sure if the modem is a router as well... maybe the sentech techies can inform us as to what unit they will be selling.

AcidRaZor

13-01-2004, 03:12 PM

single ip

mbs

13-01-2004, 10:22 PM

It's effectively a single IP out to the Internet, but multiple IP's on your local network, with NAT (or similar) providing the translation from the local private IP's to the single public 'out' IP. If the Sentech unit is just a modem with no router capabilities, you could configure a Linux box as a 'soft' router to do the job for you (any old PC will do, even a 386/486, with multiple network cards)...

Perdition

13-01-2004, 11:40 PM

If it is just a modem you could use ICS

mithrandi

14-01-2004, 12:48 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I was asking about getting a ethernet modem but they only have the USB/PCIMI modem :(<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
As I understood it, the USB unit has both a USB port and an Ethernet port.

Deckert

15-01-2004, 10:19 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by mithrandi
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I was asking about getting a ethernet modem but they only have the USB/PCIMI modem :(<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
As I understood it, the USB unit has both a USB port and an Ethernet port.
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Indeed. USB with a driver for windows. Heard nothing of a driver for Unix like Linux or FreeBSD, but the unit also supports PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet). SInce Both Linux and FreeBSD supports PPPoE, theoretically it should be possible to make it work with a Linux/BSD box.

--deckert

mbs

16-01-2004, 12:10 AM

Just as an additional note - be careful with USB devices for the *Nix environment. If dmesg doesn't see it, you'll prolly have a hassle, though the Open Source community will be more than willing to help if you get stuck, provided you've made a reasonable effort to understand and resolve the dofficulty yourself...