At 12:01 AM -0500 6/18/98, Michael G. Schabert wrote:
>>> I might plan to upgrade to a cable modem, so is it possible to have 2
>>> ethernet cards in a computer and route an ethernet connection to ethernet?
>>
>>It is possible to have 2 Ethernet cards in the same computer, but I'm not
>>sure exactly what you mean by "route an ethernet connection to ethernet".
>>On my home system, I have a Q700 with an Ethernet card and a modem.  The
>>Ethernet card is connected to a small hub which connects the other
>>machines on my tiny LAN together.  The Q700 runs PPP over the dialup
>>connection and uses IPNAT to route stuff from the other machines through
>>the dialup line.  It works pretty well :-)  I presume this is more or less
>>what you're looking for?
>
>No, he means that he wants to use the NetBSD box to route between one
>Ethernet device and another, while using IPNAT for this. Cable modems use
>Ethernet interfaces, so won't be using a typical serial modem. While it
>should no problem to do, the biggest question would be getting the cable
>modem's Ethernet card to be supported. I don't know what kind of cards they
>use for Macs (I use ISDN personally), but I know that most have no trouble
>working with Linux on the PCs.
>


as far as i know, they give you external boxes to which a 10bt cable plugs
out of and into your computer which has an ethernet interface already. they
actually manufacture internal cards, where you attack a coax cable
connection to your computer? heh i suppose they do...maybe to watch TV and
surf the net at the same time :-)

I don't know of any internal cards for mac...or haven't heard of
any...please let me know.

  - a