adsl modem directly connected to hub

[Ted Ozolins]

On April 21, 2002 02:37 am, Zoki wrote:
> At 13:20 19/04/02 +0800, you wrote:
>
> I have seen people claiming that one could share the internet link that
> way.
>
>  internet
>     |
>  adsl/cable modem
>     |
>    hub -- workstations   EACH WORKSTATION WILL BROADCAST ITS MAC ADDRESS!
>     |____ server
>

Unless you are allowed to have that many MAC addresses you will have problems. 
In most cases you are allowed two MAC addresses, if that is all that you 
intend to run, then fine. Otherwise as each workstation comes on line, the 
adsl/cable modem will see this. Even if this were not a problem, you would be 
leaving your entire intranet exposed to the internet, not wise! Since you 
will be running a server anyway why would you not route everything through 
it?

adsl/cable modem-
                         |
                  server/firewall
                         |
                       hub
                         |
                   wokstations


-- 
Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.