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Old 20-10-2007, 19:01   #9
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Re: Two computers online?

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Originally Posted by Agent Piltdown View Post
Ok, thank you.

Well, just to satisfy my curiosity, why wasn't my rig allowed to get connected at the access point for the old PC? Why won't a simple ethernet switch suffice?
Because virgin will only issue one Ip address per modem routers have something called a NAT (network address translator) which allows a single external IP address to be shared between multiple devices.
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