belbo wrote:
> Hi,
> I've got a little home-lan, composed by two PCs. The current configuration
> is the following:
>
> router adsl <--> PC1 <--> crossed wire <--> PC2
>
> The main problem of this 'rough' lan is that the internet connection is
> reachable from PC2 only when PC1 is connected. If I want surf from PC2 I
> have to switch on the PC1 with a little but annoying electricity waste.
> Besides, there's a worse problem related to NAT connection: when I
> wanna provide a server (for instance a game server as UnrealT 2003) from the
> PC2, which is the more powerful and graphic-oriented PC, I can't.
> Unfortunately I can make a server visible from the internet only on PC1.
> At last my question: if I buy a common HUB, how I can manage the pppoe
> connection from my pcs?
> Since my adsl router doesn't have hardware authentication
> equipment, I have to give it ID & pwd through 'pon' program.
>
> With the situation below, how I can deliver ID and
> pwd to adsl router?
>
> router adsl <-> HUB ---> PC1
> \---> PC2
Get an multiport internet router from netgear or linksys. They have PPPoE buitin
and have a builtin webserver so that you can control them from either PC.
I use linksys, personally.
http://www.linksys.com/Products/prod...id=29&prid=561
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