[WinMac] Cable modem and router soap opera on UMAX Pulsar.
Subject: [WinMac] Cable modem and router soap opera on UMAX Pulsar.
From: Brian Durant (durant[at]cbn.net.id)
Date: Sun Dec 23 2001 - 02:49:08 EST
Hi again,
So, in the last episode of the on going soap opera, managed to get my cable
modem (3Com) and router (LinkSys) connected to my Mac. When I get the LAN
set up properly, working side by side with the cable modem connection, how
will I be able to connect to the PCs on the LAN (3) if the Mac is connected
to the router via TCP/IP?? I have installed a second Ethernet card (an
Asante FriendlyNet 10/100) and would be using DAVE, but as far as I am
aware, it uses TCP/IP as well. Is it possible to have multiple IP addresses
on a Mac? I am using OS 9.1 (Z)
Here is the info that I got from the thursby.com site:
"There are a few network descriptions that can be used for this
configuration. The following solutions assume one Macintosh and one Windows
computer but multiple computers would configured in a similar fashion.
1. Both computers would have TCP/IP addresses provided by the ISP. This
configuration is simple to configure but requires the ISP to provide
addresses in the same subnet. In this configuration, DAVE will work,
however, traffic between the two machines may have to travel to the ISP and
back (through the cable modem twice) depending on the addresses provided.
This configuration allows both computers to access the Internet directly
using the cable modem.
2. The cable modem can be configured for use by Windows, and Windows can be
configured with multiple TCP/IP addresses. This would allow Windows to
access the Internet through the cable modem using the TCP/IP address
provided by the ISP and also allow Windows to communicate with the Macintosh
using an internal network address such as 192.168.0.1 for Windows and
192.168.0.2 for Macintosh (both with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0). This
will not allow the Macintosh to use the Internet connection but will only
require one TCP/IP address from the ISP.
3. Software for Windows can be purchased that is designed to allow other
computers to share the existing Internet connection. A few examples of this
type of software are listed here:
ÿ Windows 98 SE
ÿ Internet Gateway by Vicomsoft(www.vicomsoft.com)
ÿ SyGate by SyberGen, Inc. (www.sygate.com)
ÿ WinGate by Deerfield Communications Company (www.wingate.net)
ÿ WinProxy by Ositis Software (www.ositis.com)
ÿ aVirt Gateway by aVirt Gateway Solutions (www.avirt.com)
ÿ SpoonProxy by Pi-Soft Consulting (www.pi-soft.com)
These would be similar in configuration to item #2 where there is an
internal network and an external (Internet) network. With this extra
software, however, the Macintosh would be able to access the Internet
'disguised' as a PC."
As you can see, it assumes the need for the cable modem/router to be
connected to a Windows PC because Windows can be configured for multiple
TCP/IP addresses. Is there any software that allows me to do this on a Mac??
Cheers,
Brian
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