[CLUE-Tech] Earthlink DSL

[qqq1one at yahoo.com]

I'll give this a try.  I noticed that CompUSA currently has a 4-port
D-Link router on sale for $10 after in-store and manufacturer rebates.

I haven't called Earthlink on this.  They have an add-on service or
product for an extra $10/month which they are pushing for using
multiple computers in the home.  I don't want to hear them pitch it as
a solution to this problem.

There is a web interface for disabling DHCP/NAT/PPPoE in their Netopia
"3341-ELK ADSL Gateway", so I'll try that too (after I get the router).

--- Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> wrote:

> qqq1one @yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> >I signed up for DSL through Earthlink and think it may have been a
> >mistake.
> >
> >The Netopia 3300 series Unified Hardware Platform (UHP) DSL modem
> they
> >provided doesn't want to let me use more than one computer on it at
> a
> >time.  I have a hub plugged into the modem and 2 computers plugged
> into
> >the hub.  If one of the computers is already using the DSL, and the
> >second one tries to use it, the second one has to get the first one
> to
> >drop it's connection first.  No wonder Earthlink sells a "Home
> >Networking" package to support more than one computer at a time -
> >they've got it disabled in the modem.
> >  
> >
> It's probably just looking at MAC address and only allowing one at a 
> time.  If that's the case, you could get around it very cheaply.
> 
> You could just hang a cheap Linksys/other SOHO "router" behind it so
> all 
> that it sees is the Linksys and let the Linksys/other SOHO "router" 
> handle the NAT chores, etc.  It's double-NAT'ing, but would work for 
> "most" stuff.  You might have to tinker with port-forwarding in the 
> second router for certain things.  (Gaming, etc...)
> 
> Did you call them and ask them why they set it up that way?  It's at 
> least worth one complaint call.  Of course, you'll have to start with
> 
> people reading cue cards and go from there, but perhaps they 
> misconfigured it.
> 
> You could also see if it has a "bypass" mode (the boxes SBC used in 
> their territory used to have this) -- that's also useful... if for 
> example they're using PPPoE in their box, and you can put it into a 
> "bypass" mode, you could configure PPPoE in a cheap Linksys directly
> and 
> just ignore their silly hardware altogether, thus avoiding the 
> double-NAT issues.
> 
> --
> Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com
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