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Thanks for your comments guys. I'll pass them onto him.
Tom
> Ron LaPedis wrote:
>
> This is where you need a firewall or proxy server which will translate
> (using NAT - Network Address Translation) the ISP's addresses to his home
> LAN addresses.
>
> Alternatively the one machine which is trying to connect to the ISP can
> have 2 LAN cards; one with a fixed IP address on the home LAN, the other
> with a DHCP (dynamic) address assigned from the ISP. Be aware that with the
> latter approach, it is possible for anyone on the internet to hack the
> person's home network via the two-card PC.
> Bruce Johnson wrote:
>
> If he's just networking other Windows boxes, they don't need IP, just
> NetBEUI. Enable Netbeui on the dial-up ethernet card, and disable tcp/ip
> for it. Now so long as all the computers have unique network names, it's
> almost as easy as using Appletalk on Macs...;-)
>
> Then the other boxes should be able to see it, and it should be able to
> use the dialup for internet use.
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