DSL over peer-to-peer

We have DSL that we share over our peer-to-peer network (Win98 and 1 WinXP
Pro). The physical setup is (Setup A):
DSL goes into the Router
From the Router a cable goes to NIC#1 in a computer
That same computer has a cable on NIC #2 that goes to Switch
All the other computers on the network also plug into that Switch
Everything works

My boss has been reading and says the setup should be (Setup B)
DSL goes into the Router
From the Router the cable should go to the Switch
ALL computers plug into the Switch to access the LAN and share the DSL
The second NIC on the one computer would not be used

My question.. will I (or the ISP tech) have to reconfigure the Switch or DSL
Router for this to work? We're using DHCP currently. Will that work in
Setup B?

Thanks in advance for any help
Bobbie

Yup. It all sounds good! Plug it in and enjoy!

Carey

"Bobbie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We have DSL that we share over our peer-to-peer network (Win98 and 1 WinXP
> Pro). The physical setup is (Setup A):
> DSL goes into the Router
> From the Router a cable goes to NIC#1 in a computer
> That same computer has a cable on NIC #2 that goes to Switch
> All the other computers on the network also plug into that Switch
> Everything works
>
> My boss has been reading and says the setup should be (Setup B)
> DSL goes into the Router
> From the Router the cable should go to the Switch
> ALL computers plug into the Switch to access the LAN and share the DSL
> The second NIC on the one computer would not be used
>
> My question.. will I (or the ISP tech) have to reconfigure the Switch or
> DSL
> Router for this to work? We're using DHCP currently. Will that work in
> Setup B?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
> Bobbie
>
>

In article <u3EMcy$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Bobbie"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>We have DSL that we share over our peer-to-peer network (Win98 and 1 WinXP
>Pro). The physical setup is (Setup A):
>DSL goes into the Router
>From the Router a cable goes to NIC#1 in a computer
>That same computer has a cable on NIC #2 that goes to Switch
>All the other computers on the network also plug into that Switch
>Everything works
>
>My boss has been reading and says the setup should be (Setup B)
>DSL goes into the Router
>From the Router the cable should go to the Switch
>ALL computers plug into the Switch to access the LAN and share the DSL
>The second NIC on the one computer would not be used
>
>My question.. will I (or the ISP tech) have to reconfigure the Switch or DSL
>Router for this to work? We're using DHCP currently. Will that work in
>Setup B?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help
>Bobbie

Setup B will work fine. Connect the router to the uplink port on the
switch. There's no reconfiguration needed for the router, and there's
no configuration possible for the switch.

Disable Internet Connection Sharing on the 2-NIC computer. The router
will handle the Internet sharing and DHCP for all of the computers.

The switch might not even be necessary. If the router has enough LAN
ports for all of the computers, remove the switch and connect all of
the computers to the router.
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Thanks! Appreciate the help!
Bobbie



"Bobbie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We have DSL that we share over our peer-to-peer network (Win98 and 1 WinXP
> Pro). The physical setup is (Setup A):
> DSL goes into the Router
> From the Router a cable goes to NIC#1 in a computer
> That same computer has a cable on NIC #2 that goes to Switch
> All the other computers on the network also plug into that Switch
> Everything works
>
> My boss has been reading and says the setup should be (Setup B)
> DSL goes into the Router
> From the Router the cable should go to the Switch
> ALL computers plug into the Switch to access the LAN and share the DSL
> The second NIC on the one computer would not be used
>
> My question.. will I (or the ISP tech) have to reconfigure the Switch or
DSL
> Router for this to work? We're using DHCP currently. Will that work in
> Setup B?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
> Bobbie
>
>