RE: ADSL - connecting / Distributing

["Lee Varga" <lee@xxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [ukha_d] ADSL - connecting / Distributing

Some thoughts...

 

o Get ADSL, it's superb, £40/month is steep, but in two weeks you'll groan when you use dial-up at a friends house.

o The Alcatel frog/stingray/modem is a piece of junk, forget it.

o The Vigor USB router tries, but it can't fix the above.

o Save yourself a the effort/time/trouble - go to www.solwise.com get an Asustek AAM6000.

o It installs in 5mins (literally) and stays up for weeks (two yr old daughters permitting)

o XP firewall is OK, but only one way - incoming, it doesn't stop outgoing nasties.

o So stick with the latest version of ZoneAlarm.

o The Vigor doesn't really have a firewall, it's just NAT with portforwarding - same as the Asustek.

o That said the only things hitting the ZA log on my server are  "(ICMP Unreachable)" msgs - harmless.

 

o As final thought, if you have a server that's powered up but doing nothing 99% of the time, would you give a thought to running the United Devices client software from www.uniteddevices.com. It's a small program thats looking for a cure for cancer (yes, really). Full details on the site. 

 

 

 Subject: RE: [ukha_d] ADSL - connecting / Distributing

 Let me know how you get on - I'm just sitting on the fence at the moment myself - in fact emailed Eclipse this morning myself for details.  Interested in the splitter bit as well, as I have a similar setup as yourself.  Good luck.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: James, Daniel [mailto:daniel.james@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 January 2002 14:16
To: UKHA (E-mail)
Subject: [ukha_d] ADSL - connecting / Distributing

Hi all

I have decided to take the plunge and get ADSL, and am going to connect with
Eclipse Internet.

Anyhow this is a "wires only" install, and not being a networking whizz kid,
I have a few questions:

1, This service has a static IP option, if I opt for this, and enable my
Homeseer web Interface, can I then access remotely over ADSL? - connecting
to the x.x.x.x:8080 (Homeseer is on port 8080)

2, I need to consider security on this connection, I have been using Zone
alarm on my Dial up, is this good enough to use on ADSL, or should I be
considering something a little more heavy duty?

3, Sharing this connection, - I have looked at the Vigor ADSL USB router,
that also includes a firewall, would there be a noticeable performance
difference, between using the Win2k network sharing and the router - I have
2/3 PCs max.

4, Currently my Phone line is shared round the house using a patch panel, -
on this basis can I get away with using 1 splitter, and then feeding the
relevant signals from this into the patch panel, thus removing the need for
lots of ADSL port splitters? - has anyone tried this?

Anything else I should be thinking about?

Thanks

Daniel

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