Hello, I have some boxes and a switch. Each box has only one Ethernet connector. Is it possible to make a box with only one Ethernet connector a gateway? All the local boxes are connected to the hub and the hub is connected with my cable modem (with one WAN IP only). Can I set up one of the boxes as a router / gateway to the Internet for the other boxes on the hub through only one Ethernet patch cable to the hub acting as Internet gateway AND router? I mean - Can it be done? Many Thanks Guy

"Guy Ollerearnshaw" <guyollerearnshaw@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Is it possible to make a box with only one Ethernet connector a gateway? Google for "router on a stick" or "one armed router"

Ahhh - keywords. Thanks, Roy. They're bearing fruit. --------------------------------- Ask questions later, shoot first.

Thank you all for your encouragement. With an Ethernet card it would be as simple (almost) as plug n' pray but my machines have no PCI slots. They are Dell SX270's I found in a skip. I need the 'one armed router' or 'router on a stick' solution. Off topic - How to repair a Dell SX270: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=24596 and a picture of some faulty capacitors: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/whurd/Bad.jpg Chucked because of a motherboard failure. I have put some new caps on the mobo and they run fine! 8-)