I'm getting cable soon, and I want to share it over my LAN in the same way I currently have my dialup shared (NAT). Is it possible to link the cable modem directly to the hub and assign another IP ...

If a computer is unable to configure a valid Internet Protocol address, it can't connect to a network. If you plug a laptop directly into a modem with an Ethernet cable and receive a "No Valid IP ...

Those of us with separate modems and routers (some Internet connections have the two functions combined into a single device) are likely to focus on the router and ignore the modem. But, like a router ...