From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: February 14, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: 4 machines and 4 ip addresses
>
> Leo,
> --------------
> Im looking to setup 4 computers with seperate I.P. addresses,
> I figured out that I need to run each computer to my Linksys
> 4 port router then to my modem which is going to be my
> gateway. My question is when I go to a game server with all 4
> of my computers is the server going to pick up different I.P
> addresses for each compter or can the server tell that all
> the computers are coming from my 1 modem. Im having trouble
> finding this information If you could help me out It would be
> much appreciated. Thank you for your time.
If your ISP is willing to give you 4 IP addresses, than you probably
want to use a hub instead of a router. You cannot "create" 4 IP addresses
on the internet - your ISP has to assign them.
If you use a router to share one IP address, then yes, all 4 machines
will look like they have a single IP. Depending on the technical
details of the game, that may still work - in fact it's likely
that in most cases it will.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
Article 1072
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Networking
