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05-22-2001, 05:04 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Carolina
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|  Any DSL Experts Out There As my last post suggests I just got DSL yesterday and love it...I have one question for anyone that knows a bit more about this than I...I received a Alcatel Speed Touch USB modem with the service from Bell South...I connects to the computer via USB instead of a NIC. I want to network this service with my other computer so that my fiancee can use it as well...I've had two suggestions: 1) Get a USB hub and split the signal between the two computers...sounds logical; but is it that simple? 2) Use my main computer as a server and run a peer to peer network; also very easy to do. 3) Get a Cisco 675 DSL bridge, not familiar with this product. Which ideas will work; and which is best? Any better suggestions will be gratefully appreciated! TIA
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05-22-2001, 10:37 PM
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| No. 2 worked for me. Presently using a router. Don't know about the other two options, but I do use a bridge to connect using a phoneline to ethernet for one computer and it is working fine. |
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05-25-2001, 02:56 PM
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| Re: Any DSL Experts Out There hey milesc3: I'm 99% sure that #1 WON'T work. I can't back it up with any technical facts, but it just doesn't seem possible. #2 could work, there are some programs out there that do that stuff, but it could be a problem if you want both computers to play quake 3 on the internet at the same time... I know it works great for web/ftp/mail, but some other things might have to be configured individually based on what port they use, and some thing might just be too hard. I have a lot of experience with #3. I have 5 computers on a Netgear 8-port 10/100 ethernet hub, going into a Cisco 675. It works GREAT. You'll have multiple IP addresses from your ISP, sometimes they give you more than one with your account, sometimes they cost extra... anywhere from 50 cents to $5. The modem will probably cost you $200, and a hub will cost $50-200, but it's totally worth it. This way is absolutely the best out of the 3. Quote:
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06-03-2001, 08:25 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: New Jersey
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| Just pick up a router for about 100 bucks and your good to go within seconds |
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