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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Julius Wong who wrote (13376)	6/15/2002 7:03:18 PM
From: TraderAlan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Julius, I ordered a USB NIC today for just that purpose. I think Wingate will treat it just like a dial up, because the clients use NAT now and that wouldn't change. You'd think these tech guys could just give you the answer and not make life miserable. I'm not going to use "twice as much" bandwidth because I have a networked system. They have a lot more to worry about with MP3 and pirated versions of Spiderman. Regards, Alan

To: Julius Wong who wrote (13376)	6/18/2002 4:12:14 PM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

I don't see any reason why you can't use a router. Most ISPs simply prevent connection from more than one MAC address AT A TIME. The DHCP server will only hand-out one IP address (or whatever number have been paid for). Some DHCP servers will refuse additional requests. Others will give the connection to the latest requester, invalidating the connection of the previous one. Think about what would happen if you bought a new PC or replaced your network card. It isn't reasonable that you wouldn't be able to do that. BTW, WinGate doesn't need two network cards. As long as you are using Windows 2000 or XP, you can assign multiple IP addresses to a single card.