Re: Networking via router?

Yes he can.  That is the sole purpose of routers.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:16 AM
Subject: [PCTECH] Networking via router?


> My teenager thinks he can network the PCs in our house via the router.  I
> told him I didn't think it works that way.  (Frankly, given his tendency
to
> throw caution to the wind online, I don't want his PC touching mine at
all.)
> All he is really interested in is to be able to use the printer on my PC,
> which I can agree to. The two PCs are separated by two floors.  It took 25
> feet of ethernet cable to connect him to the router.
>
> I guess it would be nice to be able to transfer files without having to
FTP
> them to our family website.  But I'm not willing to expose my PC
> unnecessarily.
>
> Curiousity question:
> If I do the IPCop box, and I want to network the in-house PCs, do I need
> another PC next to the IPCop box?  (I'm guessing the IPCop box can't
double
> as a network server.)
>
> tia,
> db
>
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