> so the modem was just connected to a switch? What EvanAnderson said. The office ethernet network just contained a router, which would be hooked up to the up

> so the modem was just connected to a switch? What EvanAnderson said. The office ethernet network just contained a router, which would be hooked up to the upstream (via multiple T1 lines, IIRC). So everything on the office network had a public IP and was directly on the internet.