[CLUE-Tech] NAT'ing DSL recommendations?

[Dave Hahn]

Wireless with NAT,

I do this at home (Wireless AP with a Linux box as a firewall) with the
older D-Link hardware and have been very happy.  However, I think for
the future, I would look at the Linksys WAP11 (Not sure of the model
number with the NAT/Firewall and WAP11).  It is more configurable and
has a nifty feature that many of the other APs do not have.  You can
adjust the broadcast power from the standard 30mW that most APs support
up to almost 100mW.  This makes a change of about 4-5 db in the signal
strength; about every 3db is a doubling of signal strength, so this can
be significant.

Overall, very happy.  Not going back to trying to pull wires through my
house.  Not to mention, LAN fests, very easy now.

On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 10:38, Sean LeBlanc wrote:

    On 12-18 20:38, Dave Anselmi wrote:
    > Sean LeBlanc wrote:
    > 
    > > I have a non-techie friend who has DSL - they are buying a second computer,
    > > and may want to have both networked. They have Qwest DSL, and so I don't
    > > really know much about DSL, although I installed the PCI card for them and
    > > set up networking on that (On windoze).
    > >
    > > I imagine NAT'ing DSL is similar to the way I NAT cable modem (@Home), but
    > > instead of two NICs, I have 1 NIC and 1 DSL "modem"? I'm thinking about what
    > > to buy and/or put together to do this. Something with the least amount of
    > > (my) intervention and maintenance as possible. Remember, I'm talking about
    > > VERY non-techie folks.
    > 
    > If you get them an external DSL modem (Cisco 67x), NAT is set up by the default
    > Qwest config.  Plug all boxes into a hub/switch and away it goes (you might want
    > to secure the modem config some).
    > 
    > I don't know of a source for Cisco modems, other than Qwest.  I'm sure you can
    > get the right CAP/DMT from them, for an arm and a leg (well, at least call and
    > ask how much - for new customers it's about $100, but that's probably a
    > special).
    > 
    > For an internal modem, there seems to be skepticism (as already expressed) that
    > they work with non-Windows.  But, Win2k has a feature in dial-up networking that
    > allows a machine to share it's (dial-up) modem with other machines on the
    > network.  So it may be possible to get the Windows machine to do this with the
    > DSL modem.  You might poke around in it, and check the MS site.
    
    Thanks for the tips. I'm sure it prevented much wailing and gnashing of
    teeth.
    
    I've still yet to do the NAT'ing for these folks (their second computer is
    still not shipped)...but I was looking at wireless routers for myself, and
    noticed something that seems to do what these folks may need, and avoid
    wires running down hallways and stairwells:
    http://store.yahoo.com/shopnetlux/di711.html
    
    Does anyone have any experience with a wireless network, BTW? Is Bluetooth
    still in the running for a standard? The above implements 802.11b. I may
    actually be employed in the near future (well, I have a shot, anyway), and
    so I'd like to take advantage of the low, low prices if that happens. And
    things are dirt-cheap right now. :) 
    
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