Nothing illegal about this...I have TWO Nics in my machine. I have one cable modem. One NIC is supplied by the Cable Company. I only have the ONE PC connected to that Cable Modem. I have Cat5 running through the basement to my daughter's room and then to a Hub. My daughter's PC connects to that Hub via another NIC. I use WinRoute to share the Net connection.
This is not illegal....I am sure the Cable Company would MUCH prefer me to pay for a second Cable Modem Account and they certainly will NOT give me tech support on this setup (from what I've seen most of there people wouldn't have the slightest CLUE how to hook it up anyway!).
Compare this to CATV....for years the Cable Companies charged everybody so much $$s for each additional hookup and they tried to say using a splitter and hooking up additional sets on your own was STEALING!!! That's CRAP. I seem to remember this being challenged somewhere in court and now (atleast around here) they don't try to make such claims or try to charge for outlets you install your self.
The way I see it MY bandwidth is being slightly diminished when my daughter is downloading/browsing but I'm not hurting the rest of the Cable LAN.
This is not illegal....I am sure the Cable Company would MUCH prefer me to pay for a second Cable Modem Account and they certainly will NOT give me tech support on this setup (from what I've seen most of there people wouldn't have the slightest CLUE how to hook it up anyway!).
Compare this to CATV....for years the Cable Companies charged everybody so much $$s for each additional hookup and they tried to say using a splitter and hooking up additional sets on your own was STEALING!!! That's CRAP. I seem to remember this being challenged somewhere in court and now (atleast around here) they don't try to make such claims or try to charge for outlets you install your self.
The way I see it MY bandwidth is being slightly diminished when my daughter is downloading/browsing but I'm not hurting the rest of the Cable LAN.