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Wireless with NAT,
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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.
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Overall, very happy. Not going back to trying to pull wires through my house. Not to mention, LAN fests, very easy now.
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On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 10:38, Sean LeBlanc wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>On 12-18 20:38, Dave Anselmi wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Sean LeBlanc wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > I have a non-techie friend who has DSL - they are buying a second computer,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > and may want to have both networked. They have Qwest DSL, and so I don't</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > really know much about DSL, although I installed the PCI card for them and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > set up networking on that (On windoze).</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> ></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > I imagine NAT'ing DSL is similar to the way I NAT cable modem (@Home), but</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > instead of two NICs, I have 1 NIC and 1 DSL "modem"? I'm thinking about what</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > to buy and/or put together to do this. Something with the least amount of</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > (my) intervention and maintenance as possible. Remember, I'm talking about</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > VERY non-techie folks.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> If you get them an external DSL modem (Cisco 67x), NAT is set up by the default</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Qwest config. Plug all boxes into a hub/switch and away it goes (you might want</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> to secure the modem config some).</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I don't know of a source for Cisco modems, other than Qwest. I'm sure you can</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> get the right CAP/DMT from them, for an arm and a leg (well, at least call and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> ask how much - for new customers it's about $100, but that's probably a</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> special).</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> For an internal modem, there seems to be skepticism (as already expressed) that</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> they work with non-Windows. But, Win2k has a feature in dial-up networking that</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> allows a machine to share it's (dial-up) modem with other machines on the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> network. So it may be possible to get the Windows machine to do this with the</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> DSL modem. You might poke around in it, and check the MS site.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Thanks for the tips. I'm sure it prevented much wailing and gnashing of</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>teeth.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I've still yet to do the NAT'ing for these folks (their second computer is</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>still not shipped)...but I was looking at wireless routers for myself, and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>noticed something that seems to do what these folks may need, and avoid</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>wires running down hallways and stairwells:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>http://store.yahoo.com/shopnetlux/di711.html</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Does anyone have any experience with a wireless network, BTW? Is Bluetooth</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>still in the running for a standard? The above implements 802.11b. I may</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>actually be employed in the near future (well, I have a shot, anyway), and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>so I'd like to take advantage of the low, low prices if that happens. And</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>things are dirt-cheap right now. :) </FONT></FONT></I>
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