connect two home PCs with one as the master

Hi,

I have two PCs at home which are connected through a router. I am replacing
one of them with a very powerful computer from my company. I wonder if I
can change the network setup so that the new PC will be the only one
connecting to ISP (internet service provider), and have my old PC directly
connect to this new PC. By this way, I hope the old PC is protected inside
the new PC's firewall. Since there are only two PCs involved, the router is
not needed in this simple environment. Please advise. Any help is much
appreciated.

JD

JD wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have two PCs at home which are connected through a router. I am
> replacing one of them with a very powerful computer from my company. I
> wonder if I can change the network setup so that the new PC will be the
> only one connecting to ISP (internet service provider), and have my old
> PC directly connect to this new PC. By this way, I hope the old PC is
> protected inside the new PC's firewall. Since there are only two PCs
> involved, the router is not needed in this simple environment. Please
> advise. Any help is much appreciated.

I wouldn't ever bother trying to do that. I really don't think that
doing that will give anymore protection than what what you are getting
from the router. I think it will only cause you a pile of headaches and
put needless burden on the new PC (and your brain)! Your router is
designed to handle these security headaches and is the safest way to do
this, a simple mistake configuring the new computer to handle this could
open up a hole the size of Texas in your home network! I would just let
the router handle this, it makes it easier to control and secure
network access.

John