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isdn router networking question

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goophie

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Ok, sorry, but i have no experience with networks, so please bear with me...

Well, i have an ISDN router by Cisco that only has one ethernet connection on the back.

Can i connect this router to a cheap normal hub and then network 2 computers together to share the same ISDN line?

So basically: router --> hub <-- computers (2)

Does one computer have to be on all the time as a server? Or does the router automatically handle this?

I basically just want to share the ISDN line, without having one computer on all the time

Thanks guys!
 
By all means you can do what you're trying to do, in fact your asking the router to do what it does best. Tell me the model number so I know what the software it is running, please god don't say 700.

What are you using this ISDN line for? That will help us understand better. Internet only (browsing, e-mail) or do you use it to dial into work?

I'm not sure what you mean by &quot;does one computer have to be on all the time as a server&quot; but the router will make the decision to bring up or tear down the call if it doesn't hear any interesting traffic. That is all in how you configure it though.

Hope this helps!
spidey
 
It's a Cisco 760 series router. Is this bad? I think the specific model # is 762.

Like I said before, its only got one ethernet jack in the back and it's connected to one computer right now (my dad's, for work). We're going to try and buy a hub and connect another computer in our house to it to share just internet (web browsing). I'm tired of my 56k modem 😛

The problem encountered was that at our local electronic store, we found two hubs by netgear, both were 4 ports, one was just autosensing. But the diagram drawn in the back were different. One had a drawing of an isdn line going into the hub, with other computers connected to the hub. This was the more expensive one, around $70... the $30 hub had just a generic diagram of a cable/modem connected to a &quot;server&quot; type computer, and then that computer connected to the hub, with other pc's connected to the hub.

We just want to see if we can avoid the $70 hub if possible 🙂

To my knowledge, one computer has to be connected to the internet and be turned on if other computers want to share internet. Can the router allow us to share just internet without having a computer on all the time?

thanks for your help
 
The 30 dollar hub should do fine. I believe the $70 you're talking about has a router/nat gateway builtin. There is more to consider here, but my guess is the router was configured by your fathers work in which case you shouldn't be messin with it. Go out an buy the hub, plug both computers and the Cisco router into it and see if you can ping web sites. I'm not sure if the other computer will get an address though.

try it and see what happens.

 
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