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| 118441 | 2003-02-05 00:06:00 | I'm looking at getting jetstart, how do people find it performance wise and is it easy to install . whats a good adsl modem, whats better internal or external? what about filters, is it better getting the telcom guy round or just the ones from dick smiths . any other related info would be great as well . thanx in advance floyd |
floyds (3095) | ||
| 118442 | 2003-02-05 00:28:00 | Im not too sure about all this, but Im wanting to get it soon myselt (JetStart) so I'll be keeping an eye on this thread . > whats a good adsl modem, whats better internal or > external? I would say External, as on the odd occasion when you do have to reconnect, you wont have to reboot your entire PC if its external . Also, you can get routers which are great for having your mates over, just plug them in and they're surfing in minutes :-) I could be wrong, but nobody else had responded yet . This is something Im gonna need to learn soon anyway ;-) Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 118443 | 2003-02-05 00:35:00 | Re filters, it depends on your wiring setup. If you can fit a plug-in filter to every phone device then you can do it yourself. The ADSL modem itself uses the "unfiltered" line. The filters are about $20 each. If its going to be dearer than the Telecom install, go with the full install. Try to get an external ADSL router/modem (not USB). It means you will have to fit a network card in the PC to connect, but using Network Address Translation in the router (make sure it supports it) firewalls you from people accessing your PC without your knowledge. I use an Alcatel Speedtouch Pro unit, its very easy to set up, and it connects to my hub so all my PCs have internet access automatically. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 118444 | 2003-02-05 00:44:00 | So you connect the router/modem to the switch.... What's the difference between a router and an ADSL Modem?? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 118445 | 2003-02-05 01:50:00 | An ADSL modem is.............. well, a modem. :p Purely a means to access an external network via phone lines. A router permits data transmission between two or more individual networks (or IP address ranges). If you connect two computers together, but have different IP addresses they don't talk, so instead of changing the IP addresses you put a router between them and presto. Some routers can then have Network Address Translation which enables you to have a private IP address range and a public front. The router pretends to be sending all the packets on say 66.244.80.44 and then any return packets are re-addressed to the original sender on 192.168.0.1. So the router acts as the PR man for your network. The security aspect is that since your real addresses are different to the public address it is harder to hack your machine. But it has a lot to do as it needs to remember who sent what packets to where! And I didn't even suggest you RTFM :p And this is off topic now! |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 118446 | 2003-02-05 01:55:00 | The installation part is very important. I live on the edge of the 5km limit but (miserly) decided to go for the filter option. In hindsight I should have got the full instal. I have a small problem in that when I am playing online games and the phone rings I occassionally get disconnected from the net but it does comes back a few seconds later. Also if you have more than 3 or 4 phones, Sky digital and/or monitored alarm system then again it would be advisable to get the full instal. Saves a lot of hassel in the long run. If you only have a couple of phones and are close to the exchange then filters would be ok. sam m |
sam m (517) | ||
| 118447 | 2003-02-05 02:15:00 | The price for getting the wiring done by a Telco guy is $250. The cost for just the connection is $99 and you do the filtering with your own filters. I'd suggest if you have to use filters for more than 3 devices you are better off getting a Telco guy in to do the wiring. I believe performance wise it's better this way. External ethernet router modems are better and cost more than Internal/USB. If you live outside the recommended distance for DSL you have to get external because internal's reaching distance is average. Your ISP expects you to pay in advance but Telecom's charges come at the end of the month with your latest phone bill. Depending on your ISP it's usually $30 during the month and $30 end of the month for your Internet, which some people don't realise since they think $60 a month is pretty steep. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 118448 | 2003-02-05 06:15:00 | thanx guys whats the performance like, good constant download speeds and overall no hassles? |
floyds (3095) | ||
| 118449 | 2003-02-05 06:34:00 | RE the NAT routers, do they allow you to run http/ftp (etc) servers on you network, I would assume that because the way NAT works this wouldn’t be possible? Does anyone run http/ftp server through a NAT enabled router? Cheers Liam |
nz_liam (845) | ||
| 118450 | 2003-02-05 09:04:00 | Yes, you 'pinhole' a port through the router to a specific local IP address. So, e.g. port 80 packets addressed to your external IP get directed to 192.168.30.127. | wuppo (41) | ||
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