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

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

+1 to Vern's response.  Go to Fry's, Best Buy, or wherever you buy your gear
and get a "router" like the Linksys or an equivalent from Dlink, Netgear,
etc.  Linksys is the market leader but not everyone likes them; some models
do have 3rd party firmware available to expand the feature set.  I used to
use Netgear but the devices never lasted more than 15 or so months.  Never
had any problems with Dlink.

My ideal router supports wifeless B/G/N w/WPA2 and uses gigabit for the
wired ports.

I quoted router as they are really so much more: router, Stateful Packet
Inspection firewall, NAT device, wireless access point, switch, etc.  Some
can even act as a VPN concentrator to grant you access to your home network
from the 'net.

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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