I guess it's also important to note that I was assuming you could configure the WebTV to have a non-routable IP (10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x). But, the idea of splitting the 4 pair on each end seems to be the most sound thus far. Jesse Erdmann wrote: > > Doesn't the cable modem only route packets from specific MAC addrs? I > thought I read that the last time I thought about getting a cable modem. > > In that case wouldn't the WebTV traffic be forced to go through the > firewall before going out? (The hub would spray it at both, but the > cable modem would drop anything that didn't have the firewalls MAC?) > > Plus I don't know anything about WebTVs and what sort of network > configuration you can do on them. > > "Troy.A Johnson" wrote: > > > > It is the "behind the firewall" part that kicks that in the pants. > > > > >>> jeffr at odeon.net 09/19/01 02:37PM >>> > > > > Is there any reason you couldn't just use a cheap unmanaged 4-port 10/100 > > switch (about $30 on pricewatch)? > > > > Jeff > > -- > > Jesse Erdmann > Engineer > Secure Computing Corp. > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jesse Erdmann Engineer Secure Computing Corp.