Connecting an extra computer to Internet

[Paul Smith]

On 7/5/07, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
> > Is this your router:
> > http://www.thomson-broadband.co.uk/products/Details.asp?ProductID=514
> >
> > If it is, that page says "...the Thomson ST 516 can be used for high
> > speed internet access for a single computer: Apple Mac, Linux
> > workstation or Windows PC, or can be used to connect an existing network
> > hub, router or wireless access point."  This means it can be connected
> > to a switch.
>
> But, will his ISP provide him more than one IP address?  This is the
> limiting factor!  If the ISP will only give him 1 IP, what happens when
> the 2nd computer asks and gets no answer?

Yes, Steve, my modem is the one you mention, and in the page indicated
by you, it says:

"Allows Multiple users to share a single IP address on the same ADSL
connection".

Paul