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Originally posted by Mr JP Fugley@21 August 2004 - 20:16
a modem cannot do what is being described, it is just pish.
a modem changes digital signals to analoge and analogue signals to digital. it MODulates and DEModulates hence the name.
if the same modem was connected to 2 pcs it would not know which one requested data and would not know which one to send it to. so it would not be able to perform it's function.
in order to do that you need a router (which is designed for just that job), or you need to use one of the pcs as a gateway and then it runs the lan (your internal network) and allocates the data from the wan (the internet) to the appropriate pc.
the router is by far the better option.
Well its doing it for me.