Hey, question.

[conuly]

I'm pretty sure this isn't possible, but the less I have to buy, the better.

Is it at all possible to have one computer hooked up directly to the modem, and the other hooked up through the router?

Edit: All right, all right, all right. Unless you can guarantee me a new modem if it blows up the old one, I'm forgetting this insane idea.

Comments

[conuly]

1. It does have two input ports! That's where I got the idea! Yay!
2. Oh, it could make modem go kablooey? :(
3. Yeah, I know, but anything I can do to save myself a buck, right?

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

2. Think of two cars or two trains trying to use the same road.
3. I can pretty much guarantee you that an ethernet cord is cheaper than a modem.

[conuly]

Ouch. All right, all right, I'll forget this harebrained scheme.

[conuly]

No idea what you're talking about here.

[griphus.livejournal.com]

er, no, wait, i am horribly wrong. this would probably cause things to go boom (figuratively anyway).

this is what happens when one tries to give advice roughly three or four years after last doing any actual networking.