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

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