RE: Re: Home Networking, what's best

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

My ISDN router has DHCP built in and I believe that Dabs do an ISDN router
with built in Print Server too ... I'll take a look tonight.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Milner [mailto:kamilner@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 September 2001 16:30
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Home Networking, what's best
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Paul Smith"
<wheelbarrowhandle@b...> wrote:
> > People,
> >
> >
> >             Since I will soon be leaving the company I work I
will
> no
> > longer have remote access and will need to sort out direct
> connection to
> > the net. I have Home Highway and Bt Internet and want to have a
> simple
> > router, which does controlled dial on demand, acts as dhcp server
> and
> > print server.
>
> Pretty much any modern ISDN router will do this, except for the print
> and dhcp serving functions.
>
> Most small routers that serve DHCP only do it as a temporary method
> of supplying an IP address to a small number of machines until the
> connection is made and DHCP can be done to a central server.
> Typically this is done in a private n/w remote dial-in situation and
> is not applicible for Internet access. I would question your need for
> DHCP in a home environment. I personally use DHCP at home but it is
> certainly not essential.
>
>
> For printing I would suggest a cheap standalone print server, such as
> a D-Link, which can be obtained for around 60 pounds.
>
> Alternatively there are a number of "appliances" which
perform some
> or all the functions you ask for, but these tend to be expensive.
>
> Alternatively, get a cheap 486 or low-end pentium and install Linux
> on it (ideally with a PCI bus). You can set this up to be a print
> spooler and server, web server, Masquerading ISDN router, and many
> other things. Once it is set up, you take off the keyboard and
> monitor and leave it in a corner somewhere.
>
> regards,
>
> Keith
>
>
>
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