Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Michael Hennebry > <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: >>>> >>> Why do you want to connect the two computers like this? It is usually >>> more trouble than it's worth unless you want to use the first computer >>> as a firewall or something. Just connect both of them to your router >>> and everything should work fine. >> >> I don't know that I do. >> I've not done anything with a router since connecting >> my old computer to CenturyLink's router/modem. >> >> I want the second computer to not have its own global IP address. >> It will at least occasionally run Windows. >> I'd prefer not to assume that Windows will >> not try to fetch an IP address behind my back. > > Routers and modems from ISPs are sometimes different things and > sometimes integrated. If you are getting a public IP on your first > computer you either just have a modem, or if it is is also a router it > is running in bridged mode. You can add a separate router ahead of > both computers. To make things more complicated there are also some > combo devices where the router side can split bridged/NAT mode to > supply both some number of static public IPs and a private subnet (but > if you had one of those you would probably know it). I don't trust the router from the phone co; I have my own router on this side of it, and then I have *real* control. If I want to make something internal only, I can. mark