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[MCSEstudent]

I want to set up a network at my house sharing cable modem. But I don't know what to look for in a router.
I want something that would let me use the same IP address. If you could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thank you.

 

[rpaverd]

By far the simplest is to get a Linksys cable modem router.

Setup is trivial and you can have as many PCs as you like sharing the Internet connection

 

[topoh]

Hi, MCSEstudent. You can share your cable modem access (only one valid IP address) using NAT. For example, if you have a valid IP address 200.199.60.1. Connect ethernet interface of your cable modem on LAN ethernet of a NAT server with cross-over cable. Do a point-to-point ip connection between the cable modem (200.199.60.1/30) and the server (200.199.60.2/30). Install a second ethernet card on server with a non-valid IP addresss (192.168.0.1/24) pointing to your home network. Install a software, like WinRouter, that can do a NAT from second ethernet card (192.168.0.1/24) of your server to first ethernet card (200.199.60.2/30).

Sorry my english !

Topoh.