I had a biz customer who had an early cable internet connection. ISP plugged their dumb modem directly into the hub and every PC had a public IP. This was awes

I had a biz customer who had an early cable internet connection. ISP plugged their dumb modem directly into the hub and every PC had a public IP. This was awesome for about 3 hours until the worms showed up - because Win98 didn't come with a firewall.