DSL router or peer to peer network?

[Doggiedog]

I'm sick and tired of trying to set up a home network.

Is it worth it just to get a Linksys DSL router or can it be done just as efficiently with 3 NICs and a hub to share DSL Internet access?

 

[Pauli]

DSL Router costs more, but it does simplify things. I, for one, do not want to mess around with 2 NICs in one machine and always having to leave it running for the other to have internet access. What a pain in the rear end! The DSL router is not really all that more expensive anyway.

 

[LostBoy]

Went the first route for around a year. Then I got a router.

I say get the router.

 

[Moonbeam]

I had nothing but nightmares getting two nics to work in my machine and would loose one or the other periodically. Got the linksys, pulled a nic, and am in heaven. Got to figure out what to do about Napster though. DMZ learning.

 

[dszd0g]

See this thread: ?? and routers and DSL. If I can save on typing I will

 

[Kanly]

When i needed to use a router I got the Netgear RT314.

Absolute breez to set up.

Had 3 compys up and running with no problems in 5 min.