Can I share my Internode ADSL connection between multiple computers? How?
Yes, you can share your connection amongst multiple computers at your home or office. Use an ADSL device which is not just a bridge, but which is also a router/nat/PPPoE-client device. Because these units usually include a ‘PPPoE client’, you don’t need to load one of those up on your computer, either. So the ‘ADSL Router’ manages the connection to the Internet for you (you put your Internode username and password into it, instead of into your computer), it acts as a firewall, and it acts as an automatic connection sharing device. Usually these devices also operate as ‘DHCP servers’, meaning that you can configure your computers to ‘get their IP addresses automatically’ and the ADSL router will hand an address out to each of your computers when it needs one. To connect your multiple computers to the ADSL router, you need to use an ethernet hub or switch (almost any sort will do). Some of these devices even have a small Ethernet hub built into the back of the same unit. Note that variou
