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

[griphus.livejournal.com]

yeah, this is all stuff i have barely touched since compulsory CCNA classes three or four years back...hubs are only on Layer 1? I thought they distributed IP addresses (I didn't say I paid much attention at said classes ;) )

re: the monkeying, yeah, that'd only be worth it for shits and giggles. in a i-fought-big-broadband-and-won way.

[zathras26.livejournal.com]

Nope, hubs are layer 1 devices. They don't do shit. :-) That's one of the reasons that hubs aren't used much anymore... switches do all the same stuff that hubs do, except that they work at layer 2, which eliminates all the collisions you get with hubs and makes your network more efficient.