DSL and USB or Wireless

When hooking up a network and one of the connections to the DSL modem is
USB, is there a way for the ISP to know there is another computer hooked up
as opposed to when the DSL modem is hooked up to a router or switch? Is the
IP address the only thing or does something else happen when hooked up via
USB or wireless that makes networking detectable?

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Bill DeShawn
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Thank you
http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn

Dear Bill,

If there are TWO types of connection on your DSL modem, I
am suspecting that your ISP believes you will only want
to use one. If it is a standard type ADSL connection,
you'll be assigned one dynamic IP for you PC/your LAN.

The question is, why would you WANT to hook up TWO PCs
directly to the DSL modem? With a router/switch (wired
or wireless - it doesn't matter) ALL the PCs on your LAN
will access the internet at the full bandwidth of the DSL
connection. If you hook up two PCs to the DSL modem, you
are treating it as a hub. This means the bandwidth will
be split between the two PCs - your bandwidth will be cut
in half for each PC.

Go ahead, spend the ~$30 on a router! Good Luck!

>-----Original Message-----
>When hooking up a network and one of the connections to
the DSL modem is
>USB, is there a way for the ISP to know there is another
computer hooked up
>as opposed to when the DSL modem is hooked up to a
router or switch? Is the
>IP address the only thing or does something else happen
when hooked up via
>USB or wireless that makes networking detectable?
>
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>____________________
>Bill DeShawn
>Please reply to group only
>Thank you
>http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn
>
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