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To: dybdahl who wrote (62285)	10/28/2001 6:37:27 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Lars - You are making this much harder than it is. I have a DSL "modem" supplied by the provider. It has one RJ45 ethernet jack. I could, if I wanted, hook that directly to a switch and the provider's DHCP service would give me as many addresses as I need, each of which would be a unique and publicly available address. Instead, I hooked that line to a PC running XP. The XP machine has 2 NICs - one on the DSL line and the other going out to my home network. It acts as a NAT and DHCP server, providing downstream addresses in the 192.168.1.xx series. A friend who also has the same DSL provider has a similar hookup. So he is also working from a machine which has a NAT translation. When I go to connect an instant messaging session, I simply click on his name and the next thing I know, we are on simultaneous video and audio with file sharing. I did nothing to set this up aside from saying "enable internet sharing" when I set up the XP box on the DSL line. It works fine, you should try it. Although I may not know how the address translation and linkage works, the proof is in the pudding. As far as patents and such, I am only using what came in the box. Give me a break...

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