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Different NIC Cards Charles Newman 09-04-2007
---> Re: Different NIC Cards Gene S. Berkowi ..09-04-2007
Posted by Charles Newman on September 5, 2007, 7:07 pm
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> Charles Newman wrote:
>>
>>>Charles Newman wrote:
>>>
>>>>I notice that Comcast assigns IPs based on the NIC card. As I
>>>>was preparing to switch to DSL, I hooked one computer to the
>>>>cable modem and the other to the DSL, to make sure I have
>>>>everything connected right, by accessing the DSL from my
>>>>cable modem, and I see that Comcast gave me a different
>>>>IP number on a different computer with a different NIC
>>>>card. How does Comcast know that I am logging on with a
>>>>different NIC card and a different computer?
>>>
>>>The real queestion is - why don't you have an inexpensive router
>>>parked between your modem and PC ?
>>
>> I use Microsoft Internet Connection sharing as my router, and
>> Tiny Peronal Firewall as my firewall program. It is better
>> than any hardware firewall appliance.
>
> You'd have to prove that to me - nothing built by M$ could beat a
> standalone router from Linksys/Netgear. Software just won't do
> what a hardware router can do.

However there are certain things that software and ICS can do
that hardware routers cannot. With ICS, you can have file
and printer sharing accross the network, something you cannot
do with a hardware router.



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Posted by Bill M. on September 5, 2007, 8:12 pm
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:07:25 -0700, "Charles Newman"

>> You'd have to prove that to me - nothing built by M$ could beat a
>> standalone router from Linksys/Netgear. Software just won't do
>> what a hardware router can do.
>
>However there are certain things that software and ICS can do
>that hardware routers cannot. With ICS, you can have file
>and printer sharing accross the network, something you cannot
>do with a hardware router.

You can't? Why not? Or maybe the better question is, what do you mean
by "across the network"?

--
Bill

Posted by Charles Newman on September 6, 2007, 12:47 am
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> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:07:25 -0700, "Charles Newman"
>
>>> You'd have to prove that to me - nothing built by M$ could beat a
>>> standalone router from Linksys/Netgear. Software just won't do
>>> what a hardware router can do.
>>
>>However there are certain things that software and ICS can do
>>that hardware routers cannot. With ICS, you can have file
>>and printer sharing accross the network, something you cannot
>>do with a hardware router.
>
> You can't? Why not? Or maybe the better question is, what do you mean
> by "across the network"?

Accross my LAN. if you want to run your own LAN, you need an
ICS box to handle it.




Posted by Bill M. on September 6, 2007, 2:25 am
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:47:20 -0700, "Charles Newman"

>
>> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:07:25 -0700, "Charles Newman"
>>
>>>> You'd have to prove that to me - nothing built by M$ could beat a
>>>> standalone router from Linksys/Netgear. Software just won't do
>>>> what a hardware router can do.
>>>
>>>However there are certain things that software and ICS can do
>>>that hardware routers cannot. With ICS, you can have file
>>>and printer sharing accross the network, something you cannot
>>>do with a hardware router.
>>
>> You can't? Why not? Or maybe the better question is, what do you mean
>> by "across the network"?
>
>Accross my LAN. if you want to run your own LAN, you need an
>ICS box to handle it.

Oh, well in that case, you're 100% mistaken. All you need is a switch
(or hub) to be able to share files and printers across a LAN. Hell, a
crossover cable would work just as well if there are only two PC's
involved, or an ad hoc wireless connection, as another example. If you
want to also share an Internet connection, it makes perfect sense to
use any of the popular Linksys/Netgear/DLink/etc NAT routers since
they bundle the switch with the router and offer far more flexibility
and security than ICS will ever be able to offer.

I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion that ICS is superior. :)
It's cheaper than a router, (as in free), but that's its only
advantage, and it's a very small one when you consider the low cost
(and other advantages) of a router.

--
Bill

Posted by $Bill on September 5, 2007, 9:18 pm
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Charles Newman wrote:
>
> However there are certain things that software and ICS can do
> that hardware routers cannot. With ICS, you can have file
> and printer sharing accross the network, something you cannot
> do with a hardware router.

Huh ?

That's what routers are for - most new printers with any capacity these
days have wireless networking builtin, they should connect up fine to
your wireless router and be shareable on your network. If not wireless,
it's probably still got ethernet, plug it into the switch on the back
of the router and voila! - it's shareable. If not, you can always
hook it up serial/USB/parallel on a computer and share it to the network.



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