Configuring system to act as gateway?

[Dputiger]

I just upgraded to ADSL service from dial-up (timing prevented me from getting cable, and I just moved--needed Internet desperately).

Bell South wants an extra $10-$15 per month for multiple system access, and I'm disinclined to pay it since I previously had cable where I could hook up as many systems as I wanted and InsightBB didn't care one bit. My question is this:

Does anyone know any way (even in theory) that I could try to either do an end-run around Bell South's block OR that I can configure my own personal system to act as a network gateway?

What I'm asking is this:

Currently I'm running:

Wall -- ADSL Modem -- My System.


I'd like to run either: Wall -- ADSL Modem -- Router -- My System...

OR

Wall --ADSL Modem -- My System -- Router. In this case, a second Ethernet card would be installed in my system to connect to the router.

Trick is, I want all the OTHER systems to still have Internet access, even if they pass through me. I've got plenty of hardware firepower to throw at this, so question is, how can I set it up?

[elroy]

I ran a similar deal with ADSL. I had the ADSL modem connected to the wall plug, an SMC Barricade router connected to the modem with an ethernet cable and all my machines plugged into the router with ethernet cable. All the ISP can see is the IP # of the router. They have no idea how many machines are on there. I would buy one of the new wireless routers since most of the wireless routers have 4 ethernet ports also.

[glover12]

I believe you can also give both computers the same IP address, wont be able to network them together but it will make it so both computers will have internet access

[Dputiger]

I tried hooking the router to the ADSL modem, but it didn't work. Not sure why.

[soot]

yeah, the broadband router is a NAT and should work, they might be able to detect routers but if you wanna be cheap you can build a simple linux one out of old hardware