Re: 2Wire HomePortal 1000HW from DSL for a Cable setup ?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck

I'm running a Linksys WRT54G2 that has wireless and 4 wired Ethernet 
ports - works great - no problems - and yes, I also hate Comcast - but 
it's all we have here in my area. It's a predatory company, it's a 
bully, and it lies to customers. Other than that, they're great!!

Routers like this are dirt-cheap these days - I suggest getting new 
technology. It also has NAT and SPI, I think, so I feel reasonably safe. 
Yeah, I'm sure people could break through, but it's good enough for me 
right now.

I would think you could use a switch with hard IP addresses for each 
computer, but I'm not sure of that. No, I take that back - the "inside" 
address of the cable modem is on the provider's network - you can't add 
others on your side. That's where the router comes in - it creates a 
separate subnet inside your home.

HTH
Vern

Chuck Lewis wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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> Moved and went from DSL to cable. Attached stuff into a switch
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> and couldn't get everything to work like it did on DSL. Got hold of
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> the cable company and just what I expected - you can't have more then
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> one computer because it only has 1 IP address UNLESS you change to (1)
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> a network plan that gets you one additional IP address and then you
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> can buy additional IP addresses or (2) upgrade to the home network
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> plan that gets you 256 addressed...
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> So no switch or hub per them but apparently a router will be OK. Well
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> I have a 2Wire HomePortal 1000HW that we had some years ago. Will this
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> work for what I need and how do I need to set it up ?
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> Thanks !
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> Chuck
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