it will still work! Not only does this allow multiple people/computers in the house to all be "online" at the same time, but this can also be an effective "intermediate stage" while migrating a household between "dial-up" and "broadband". By setting things up this way, you can have your LAN all configured and tested/running (with your existing "dial-up account"), before you try converting over to broadband. This saves you the headaches
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