Scheme C—Connection Sharing Router with a Broadband Connection

This section shows how to set up the Internet connection method illustrated in Figure 19.1 as scheme C.

Your router’s manufacturer will provide instructions for installing and configuring it. If you’re using cable or DSL Internet service, you’ll connect your broadband modem to the router using a short Ethernet patch cable. Then you’ll connect the router to your LAN using one of the two methods shown in Figure 19.6. Alternatively, your ISP may provide you a single device that has both a modem and a router in it.

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Figure 19.6. Connecting a connection-sharing router to your LAN.

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