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Chingal0 · 04-30-2004, 11:18 AM

OK! I have searched for and read almost all 3 pages of search results and still have a question. Comcast recently has been doing its crackdown on people using hubs and still getting internet out of both, and thankfully I bought a router. By buying this router, I was under the assumption that I would be safe from said crackdown, and therefore be able to use the internet on all 4 computers on my network. My current configuration is..

Internet to Linksys router. Port 1 and 2 are computers 1 and 2, port 3 goes to a hub which computers 3 and 4 are connected to. As of now, computers 1 and 2 have internet, 3 and 4 do not.

Ok. I read something about DHCP being enabled, I should be fine.. but that got me thinking. With Comcast, they tell you that under TCP/IP and the general tab to obtain IP automatically. I checked my router settings, and in my TCP/IP should I set each computers IP manually instead of letting it pick automatically? Does that make sense? I hope so.

04-30-2004, 11:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chingal0 Something like that.. Location: Oreygun.	Router / Network settings, throw in Comcast for good measure. OK! I have searched for and read almost all 3 pages of search results and still have a question. Comcast recently has been doing its crackdown on people using hubs and still getting internet out of both, and thankfully I bought a router. By buying this router, I was under the assumption that I would be safe from said crackdown, and therefore be able to use the internet on all 4 computers on my network. My current configuration is.. Internet to Linksys router. Port 1 and 2 are computers 1 and 2, port 3 goes to a hub which computers 3 and 4 are connected to. As of now, computers 1 and 2 have internet, 3 and 4 do not. Ok. I read something about DHCP being enabled, I should be fine.. but that got me thinking. With Comcast, they tell you that under TCP/IP and the general tab to obtain IP automatically. I checked my router settings, and in my TCP/IP should I set each computers IP manually instead of letting it pick automatically? Does that make sense? I hope so. __________________ "Eventually I became too sexy for my gym membership fee."