Re: OT: Need Help With Home Networking
I'm probably off base here but this is my thought (and maybe I was similar to your situation):
Before, we had 4 PCs hooked up on the hub for home networking. At that time, we had dial-up (ugh!). But dial-up had nothing to do with the hub.
Then we got cable (same as DSL...just a different "brand").
At this point, a hub, by strict definition, couldn't handle things. So, I replaced it with a router. One port on the router connects to the cable (or in your case, DSL). The other ports connect to the PCs to share the DSL connection.
So, all our PCs have broadband access AND connectivity to each other.
Does this help any?
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