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

+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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