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To: Zeddie88 who wrote (10199)	2/3/2000 12:36:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) of 14778

The 1 NIC in each computer is probably more difficult and expensive to set up but I would like to know if it can be done. Yes it can be done and it may even be cheaper than the 2 NIC in one computer and one NIC in the rest of the computers configuration. However the one NIC in each computer configuration is definitely not recommended. It has security problems. Other users of the Internet can gain access to your computer. I will try to provide more information on this tomorrow when I have more time. A couple of other approaches are a much better choice. One is to use a router, say like the one Dave Hanson just wrote about in Reply Number 10165. See: Message 12753818 This approach requires only one NIC in each computer. However, I have heard the LinkSys router is on back order and is hard to obtain. Another good approach is if you have an old 486 computer gathering dust some place is to use it as a router. You would install two ISA NICs in it, install and run software like Gnatbox on it, connect it to a hub, install one NIC in the rest of your computers and connect them to the hub. Let me know if you need more information on this approach.

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