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To: Larry Shelor who wrote (5107)	7/18/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: Dan Spangenberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7382

Basically the way it works is this. If you buy an external ISDN adapter, it usually connects to your PC with a serial cable. It will allow internet connectivity for that one machine. If you want other machines to also have internet connection, then they need to be networked. Each machine will need a network card in them ($20-$60 the $20 ones work fine) and be connected to each other via a network hub. You would then run software on the machine that was connected to the ISDN adapter and that would give the other computers the internet. wingate.com and sygate.com are very popular. If you use a combo external ISDN TA and a hub, then you still need a network card in each machine and they all connect to the 3com hub/ISDN adapter. They will then be connected to each other and also have interent access. It has 4 ports for up to 4 machines. If you go beyond 4 machines then you just add another standard hub and all machines will have access. The software that is built into the 3com is fabulous. There is nothing to load on the PC. I can bring home any laptop or machine from work and as long as it has a network adapter (which is very common anymore) it is connected. Very easy for administration. Having done it several different ways, I would never consider trying it any other way.