The general setup for the average home or small business network goes like this: Take your cable or DSL modem, plug it into a router, and use it to share the high-speed Internet connection with all the networked PCs. Toshiba America Information Systems, Network Products Division (NPD) of Irvine, CA, has announced a new cable modem that might let you skip that router step.
It's also entirely possible that this will give your cable co. complete control of how many PC's you can operate on your LAN. Most would not care for that. Given the track record of most cable co's for trying to squeeze their users for more $$$ for multiple PC's, it very well could happen...
Macy Hallock from APK Net, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio USA
