Originally Posted by tonyo

Rob C: I do have several PCs on my home network and was hoping to use the switch that I have instead of investing in a router. I currently do have two network cards and a shared internet connection, but I was hoping I could directly address the modem through the switch so as not to have internet access dependent on one machine (read: mine... the one I tend to crash most).

SHHarman: Not sure what you mean by CM. However I did make the (sometimes) fatal error of not resetting/powering off all devices. I'll try that tomorrow.