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(...) Get one of the LinkSYS Cable/DSL Routers (~$200 CDN$ for a 4 port), or learn to use linux and setup a firewall machine. (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, I guess you are subscribed to an ADSL service and I also guess you have an external ADSL modem. If these guesses are correct, here's the explanation for the IP address stuff. The ADSL modem uses your ethernet card as an interface to talk to your (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) So here is my question with ADSL - can it be used, and work well with, a private LAN? I have a LAN (Win2k server based) in my house that includes the server being a DNS server, DHCP server and Domain controller. I have this configuration so (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This will work. However, people have complained that the routing makes the Win2k machine thrash like crazy. As long as the machine isn't doing much else, you should be fine. If it needs to do other things, using a Linux machine as a dedicated (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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