Using LAN internet on hubs

[wiredspider]

Here is the situation, I have a (secluded)domain of about 15 or so computers, I want them to have access to the interent. I only have (3) 100 MBPS hubs, no switches, hubs, or routers. The internet connection is through a proxy and I have a connection for that. I want the computers to be able to access the internet without them plugging directly into the main network. Anyway for me to do that with the hubs?

 

[ScottMac]

Well, if you plug all the computer into the hub, and the hub is connected to the main LAN, then all of your machines are going to be on the main LAN....it's the nature of the beast.

It's possible that you could run one of the machines with dual NICS and use it as a rundemetary router, but if it's doing that, it's not going to be a very good production machine (either the performance of the local apps, or the performance of the "router" processes are likely to suffer).

Put a few bucks into a consumer-grade router, do NAT, be happy. Any other solution is going to cost at least the same in time-spent and headaches.

FWIW

Scott