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Networking off one DSL line

Opinion
Dec 09, 20022 mins
BroadbandNetworking

We’ve seen DSL “modems” that connect to the DSL phone line on one side and have a USB port on the other. What happens when a user wants to network several computers off this connection?

We’ve seen DSL “modems” that connect to the DSL phone line on one side and have a USB port on the other. What happens when a user wants to network several computers off this connection? Are there routers/switches that do network address translation (like the Linksys BEFSR41) that attach to a USB port on the DSL side and take the media-access-control address of the modem on that side? I teach basic networking and have two students who are faced with this problem. modem. Any suggestions?

Here is an example of one Ethernet-to-USB DSL router. If your DSL modem isn’t supported you still may share the Internet connection using the USB DSL modem by configuring the computer connected to the DSL modem as the Internet router for the LAN. USB-to-Fast-Ethernet adapters can be found at D-Link and other vendors. You will need an Ethernet interface in the USB DSL host connected to the LAN and configured with an IP address to serve as the LAN’s default router address, and you also will need to enable IP routing to move packets across the LAN/WAN network boundary.