On 04/20/2011 06:08 AM, Klistvud wrote: [snip]
What I had in mind is something like this: http://www.ehow.com/how_6823201_use-switch-hub-instead-router.html . Unfortunately, there are many posts on the Internet affirming that such a configuration can't and won't work, because a switch can't give out two IP's if your ISP just gives you one. So, in doubt, I turned to this list for advice. I don't want to buy a switch (or the wrong switch) only to discover that it won't work in that configuration.
As others have mentioned, this is the sticky wicket, and why you *do* need a router. (Unless your broadband modem is also a router.)
An old PC running Smoothwall will give your a "router" with enough horsepower to handle the situation you describe.
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