Whats the easiest and cheapest way to share ADSL on my PC Network?
If you don’t have a modem that also functions as a Router, you’ll need to do this with software. Most modems currently available can also function as Routers so you’ve just got to plug it into a hub or switch and configure your PCs to see it and away you’ll go. If you need to do it with software, AnalogX Proxy is a nice, small, simple and free and it comes with all the installation instructions you should need, but there a couple of traps. It opens a heap of ports, creating a security risk, by default. To work around this you’ll need to take some precautions. • Right click the icon in the system tray and select “configure”. • Switch off all ports except http. • Use only Hotmail in Outlook Express on the client PCs. Note: If you must use POP email on the clients, BlackIce Defender is a necessity as it’s the only firewall I have found to give adequate protection in this scenario. The current version has a bug that will not allow email sending from the client PCs (apart from Hotmail). 4.4
