[CentOS] "new" computers and monitors

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

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.

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