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Date:	Mon, 7 Apr 2003 05:13:20 PST8
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	"Peter Skye" <pskye@peterskye.com > ,
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Questions of changing from Cable Access to ADSL / ISDN access

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I agree with most of Peter's suggestions and with his questions to
you. I have but a couple of suggestions:

1. Try to get a "homerun" cable installation for your DSL
service. This is an installation where the DSL service is immediately
split off from the telephone service as it enters the house. A splitter
and filter are installed on the outside. With a homerun you don't have
to have separate "mini-filters" installed on each telephone and FAX
inside your house. Often these mini-filters don't work well. The
homerun cable, on the other hand, works very well. It's the best way
to install DSL and not have interference on your analog telephones
and FAX's

2. Try to let your router be the programmed connection to your
DSL ISP. That is, let your hardware router, with its firewall, be your
gateway to the Internet. You can program the DSL IPS information
into the router (domain name, mail address, required password,
etc.). Connect all the computers in your house to the router. The
router with its firewall will serve as your first level of protection.

HCM

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On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 04:41:22 PST8, Peter Skye wrote:

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>Info 4 SYNass wrote:
>>
>> With SYNass.NET we do have our own domain
>> and got a static IP address from ISP !
>>
>> With our change from the Cable ISP to an ADSL ISP
>
>If you change your ISP, your static IP address will probably
change.
>You need to tell your DNS what the new IP address is.
>
>During the "changeover" period where you are using the new IP
address
>but others are still receiving your old IP address from their own
DNS
>that your incoming email will still go to the old IP address. Do you
>run your own email server or does your ISP run the email server
and you
>get your email using POP3 from that server? If your old ISP runs
the
>server then you can just keep your old account open until no more
email
>arrives there.
>
>Do you run any servers that others can access by using your
SYNass.net
>domain?
>
>> Our PC's plus a 3-Port-Print Server are
>> hanging on an 8-Port-Router with FW.
>
>FW is FireWall, yes? You want to keep this router in your
connection
>because it has a firewall, yes?
>
>What is the manufacturer and model of the router?
>
>> I have to return the Cable Modem to the
>> ISP and need a new modem for ADSL / ISDN
>>
>> -- the ZyXel Prestige 650ME-i(SDN) [has]
>> an access limitation to 4 PC's ...
>> -- the ZyXel Prestige 650R-i(SDN) does not
>> have this access limitation but I seem to
>> get a second router to our environment !?
>
>Do the ZyXel units have firewalls?
>
>How many ports on the 650ME and 650R?
>
>I'm confused by the 650ME "access limitation to 4 PC's". Do you
mean
>that it only supports four DHCP connections to your network? Can it
>also support some fixed IP addresses (such as for your print
server) in
>addition to DHCP connections? Do you have the urls for these two
>modems?
>
>> [Questions:]
>>
>> -- How does this SECOND router affect our
>> connectivity to the WWW ?
>> -- How do I set the TCPIP with these 2 routers ??
>> -- What do I need to observe to avoid problems ???
>
>What you want to do is simply unplug your existing cable modem
and
>replace it with a ZyXel modem, yes?
>
>The cable between your existing modem and your existing router
may be a
>crossover cable, you'll have to check, and you may need to use
this same
>cable with your new modem depending on how the switches are
set.
>
>- Peter
>
>
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