In news:OJlO$6S8FHA.252@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
kenny <nope@at.all> typed:
> whats the difference between a switch and a router?
>
> There are switches here I see for as less as 10 euros

Yes, but you don't need a switch only - you need a router/firewall
applianceof some sort, even if it also has a built-in switch.

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/h...ervsswitch.htm
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/5456

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> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.aty ahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:Oafhh2Q8FHA.4084@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
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>> In news:ufE6iTP8FHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>> kenny <nope@at.all> typed:
>>> Hello....
>>>
>>> I am running eMule on a computer that is a client in the windows ICS
>>> (internet connection sharring) and I am trying to make it connect
>>> normally so that the arrows on the emule connection globe are Green
>>> instead of Yellow (low priority).
>>> I have tried various configurations as well as
>>>
>>> experiments with PORTTUNNEL http://www.steelbytes.com
>>>
>>> and Portmapper
>>> http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...rk/pmapper.htm
>>>
>>> But it seems I am not able to configure these correctly ...
>>>
>>> can anyone help me out?
>>>
>>>
>>> the first PC is connected directly to the internet (no hubs or
>>> routers) and has only the XPSP2 firewall on....
>>>
>>>
>>> THANKS
>>
>> OT, but I think ICS is a mess, and is best avoided, especially as
>> inexpensive router/firewall appliances are so easily obtained these
>> days. What's the reason you want to keep ICS? You'd have a much
>> easier time with this with a router, and you'd have more security.