Cable Modem 2 PCs with 2 ips

[Kal-El]

Just a question for all you network buffs. I'm getting @home service and am going to get an extra IP for my other PC. Am I going to need a router of some sort that I plug the modem into and then it runs from teh router to the 2 pcs, or is there some other way that I can do it? Please let me know. Thanks!

 

[Akash]

not if u get 2 ips.. just hook up your cable modem to the hub or switch uplink port... and hook up the computer to the ports and there you go...

 

[goldboyd]

nope, no router needed. all you need is a hub. a thing to look out for though is if you plan on sharing files between the 2 boxes, you would want to do so over netbeui, you dont want to enable netbios over tcpip or everybody in the world could get in.

 

[lumberg]

good point about sharing files via netbeui