>On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, David Dierauer wrote:
>
>>  I am looking into getting a broadband connection for my home network,
>>  and would like to set up a router using a *nix machine.  I've got two
>>  68K machines just sitting around (a PowerBook 540 and an LCIII), and
>>  it would be ideal if one of them could be set up for the task.
>
>Assuming your broadband connection comes in via ethernet, wouldn't you
>need two ethernet interfaces to function as a router?  I don't think
>either the powerbook 540 or the LCIII can support more than one ethernet.
>
>If you are going to route packets back out over the same interface they
>come in on then maybe one is enough, but that doesn't sound like the best
>idea to me.

It's generally doable...you can use a hub, connect the DSL/cable 
modem via X-over cable to the hub. Your router computer will get the 
DHCP lease, & use NAT to let the others onto the Internet. I'm 
currently using an 840AV for that purpose, as my ISP requires PPPOE.


HTH
Mike
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