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Small office network/DSL setup..Help

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Here is what I need some advice on.
What I want to do is set up my office with a better network setup.
I want a single W2k pro machine connected to the DSL line and from that machine will be a network hub feeding 3 other machines (2 XP boxes and one W2k). And possibly another hub. Essentially I want to use the DSL W2k box as a DSL router/firewall. I do have 2 network cards installed and a fixed IP address.
If someone can fid the time to give me quick rundown on the most efficient way to set this up that would be great.


Thanks.........
 
Enable DHCP on the win2k machine that is acting as the router/firewall. From the second network card go into a hub with a straight through cable. Plug the cable in port 1 of the hub. Then use ports 2-4 to hook up the other computers. The other three computers should have their network cards set to DHCP (Obtain IP and Obtain DNS automatically --> Two different settings, but they are located in the same place.)
 
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