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Subject: Re: natd + hub + cable modem + nfs help please :-/
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"Crist J. Clark" wrote:

> Whoa... Wait, let me get this straight. You're going to have the
> modem, the 'firewall,' and the new machine all plugged into the hub?
> That does not make sense. Your new computer is tied /directly/ to the
> outside world through the hub to modem. For the setup you seem to be
> interested in, you don't really need a hub; you need another NIC.
> 
> You have:
> 
>                   [ Hub ]
>                    | | |
>                   /  |  \
>     (ROW)-----Modem  |  New PC
>                   Old PC
> 
> You want (I think):
> 
>     (ROW)-----Old PC--x--New PC
> 
>                       ^
>                       A cross-over cable.
> 
> If you have only one IP assigned by your cable provider, this
> situation will get very confusing, very quickly.

	Thanks to you, and all the other people who mailed me privately.
Fortunately I had another NIC that I wasn't using, so now I'm in
business.  *Big Grin*  I may get a crossover cable eventually, but the
two are communicating through the hub just fine, and since it was only
$25, and it has blinking lights, I will keep it for now. :)

Thanks VERY much,

Doug

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