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Author: Stan Harder
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Subject: cox.net FYI
All you can do is try it.

On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 12:56, Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> My parents have 2 computers behind a hub on Cox and have had no trouble
> at all with them both being on line since the change over. Of course
> they are both Windows machines. I wonder if using something like a
> gateway box between the hub and the modem would help.
>
> This just made me wonder too, one of the people I work with just changed
> with Qwest to MSN and now her VPN to the office does not work. Qwest
> says it is something to do with NAT and MSN. Since they would like to
> have two PC's on line at once I bet the same gateway thing might help
> them too. Something like the e-smith gateway server like I am using now
> and can VPN to the office with no problem. Any one else have any
> thoughts in this area? Stan I know you're lurking out there what do you
> think?
>
> On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 11:36, Matt Alexander wrote:
>
>     Hmmm...  that might explain why I couldn't get a DHCP connection until I
>     removed my second NIC from my laptop (I'm using a USB Ethernet adapter
>     now).  Ah well, after I had used the DHCP connection to figure out which
>     subnet I was on, I've just been statically assigning my IP address at boot
>     time.  Heh, heh.  My Easystreet DSL should be setup soon anyway and then I
>     can dump Cox all together.
>     ~M

>
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