can I plug OBi100 into computer instead of router?

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johnnyboy:
I was planning on getting an Obi100. I share an internet connection with the apartment above me. The router is in the other apartment, and the network cable runs down into my computer. Can I connect the ethernet cable from the obi100 to the network card in my computer?

RFord:
Why not get a inexpensive/used switch and connect the cable from the router to the switch and also the Obi100 and Computer.  The attached devices would get their IP address from the Router upstairs.

I can't answer the question about the connection to your PC.  Does your PC have two NIC?

johnnyboy:
I hadn't thought of that. Do you mean something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=33-156-066 ?

Rick:
Sounds like an illegal connection.

RFord:
There is nothing illegal about the setup if he is doing with the explicit permission of the other person.  Given the ever-increasing price of internet, a large number of individuals do share the same connection and split the cost among themselves.  There are some individuals who share their internet wirelessly also.  Come to think about, most subscribers probably use the internet connect less than 20% and it sits idle the other 80% of the time.  No different than those who share the Direct TV/Dish Package...it calls cost sharing  ;D

I know you are going to refer me to the TOS....don't do it!   ::)

Quote from: Rick on February 26, 2013, 04:03:23 am

Sounds like an illegal connection.

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