DSL using USB?

We have 8 machines networked together in a dental office. One of those machines we use as a server. We had DSL installed last week and they changed all of the settings to "Obtain IP address automatically" After re rebooted the remote machines we had a difficult time finding our mapped network drive. But I cant connect to the internet using the ethernet cable. I did some checking around and was told that the server should have a static IP address. I changed it back to a static address and everything works fine now as far as accessing the network drive, which all machines MUST do. What Id like to know is, can I have the DSL modem connected to more than one machine using the USB cable instead of the ethernet cable. I could see how one machine could use USB for access to the web, but I'm wondering if a USB hub will allow more than one machine to go online? If not a hub, then some other piece of equipment

DSL using USB?
You can use USB port to connect the entire network to the internet, the major drawback is that it drastically reduce the data transfer from internet because of slow data transfer rate. All the PC's can be configured to get IP addresses automatically, Your DSL Modem can act as DHCP server, connect your modem straight into the switch using ethernet cable, but make sure that your modem is configured to act as DHCP server. I hope this will help.





Rajat