Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
When you use a router to share your Internet connection, you connect the modem to the
WAN port on the router. All computers on the network connect to LAN ports and can
share files and printers with each other as well as share Internet access.
The router can be configured to provide either dynamically assigned orfixed IPaddresses
to each computer connected to it through the LAN ports and can be configured to use the
sameMACaddress(auniquehardwareaddressassignedtoeachnetworkcomponent)ori-
ginallyusedbythenetworkcardfirstconnectedtothecablemodemorDSLmodem.This
prevents the ISP from determining that you're sharing the connection. The WAN (Inter-
net) port on the router can be configured to obtain an IP address from the cable modem
or DSL modem or to have a fixed IP address, depending on the configuration the ISP re-
quires.
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