Help me install my work's DSL!!!

[schlitz111]

Hi, i received our DSL set-up kit today. I can install it fine on one computer but am having problems getting it to work connecting it thru the hub we have. We have a linksys: etherfast 10/100 autoscanning 5-port workgroup hub. It has 5 connections and one uplink. I'm guessing the modem connects to the uplink right? Is this hub usable for dsl? Any help appreciated... i know nothing about this...

Thanks

p.s. we do have several IP addresses to use, just need to figure out how to use this hub or if it is even usable. If not what is a good recommendation.

[Sarrkazztic]

whether or not you have several ips to use or not...a router will make it so much easier for your sharing needs...I prefer the d-link brand myself.

[jdc2000]

The following unit will solve your problems with less trouble than anything else:

http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...id=29&prid=155

Linksys BEFSR81 Router

[Tuttle]

Check with your ISP, but having several IP addresses should mean that you can just plug the DSL modem into the uplink port on the hub and have each machine log in separately.

However, you mentioned that you have a 5-port hub with a total of 6 connections on the back. See anything wrong there? Make sure that the port next to the uplink port is empty - the two share internal circuitry so if you try to use them both then at least one won't work.