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hayesey · 05-12-2005, 10:13

My guess is that the "router" you are using is in fact a switch or a hub. You need a router or else only one PC will work at a time. Your modem is only capable of sending network traffic to one address & with a hub or switch it'll only send traffic to the last address it sees. A router is more "intelligent" & can route traffic to a number of IP addresses on a network. What is the make/model of your current device?

If you need a router I can recommend Linksys stuff as it's pretty cheap & good stuff.

05-12-2005, 10:13	#2
hayesey Inactive Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 46	Re: Multiple Mac addresses on one connection? Is this possible? My guess is that the "router" you are using is in fact a switch or a hub. You need a router or else only one PC will work at a time. Your modem is only capable of sending network traffic to one address & with a hub or switch it'll only send traffic to the last address it sees. A router is more "intelligent" & can route traffic to a number of IP addresses on a network. What is the make/model of your current device? If you need a router I can recommend Linksys stuff as it's pretty cheap & good stuff.