[WinMac]Re: Sharing a cable modem

Greg Jewett(r4183c[at]email.sps.mot.com)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:46:27 +0200

Curtis Wilcox wrote:
>
> However if they can't or won't give you more than one IP, that doesn't have
> to be the end of it. There's all kinds of software (I've heard more about
> the PC stuff but they exist for Macs) which lets a LAN share a single
> network connection, modem, ISDN, whatever. WinGate is one example.
> For Macs the main one I've heard of is Vicom Gateway but that's been in the
> context of a LocalTalk network, not ethernet. I don't know how the software
> or the MacOS handles multiple NICS which is what would be called for.
> With this kind of software, it looks to the service provider like a single
> user. Now maybe there's some packet filtering or traffic analysis they
> could do to spot people "illegally" using a single connection for multiple
> computers but my gut feeling is that it unlikely. Not that I'm advocating
> going behind the company's back :)

Vicom Gateway is a great alternative, and works very well. It is an IP
forwarding, spoof (as I call it), router, dynamic address facilitator..etc..

http://www.vicomtech.com/

..Greg

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