Not true, Lafayette is planning to roll out FTTH soon. --mat
Baudouin, Andrew wrote: > 1200 kbps? Ugh. I regularly get 3500+ down on Cox and between 384-512 up. > > And BTW, unless you live in Ascension (which I don't) you will never receive > FTTH. My friend had it installed at his home in P'ville on Thursday, I need > to ask him about it. > > Andrew Baudouin > Applications Programmer > AWC, Incorporated > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DMZ not for the hardware port, but a specified IP address was > Re: [brlug-general] hardware router DMZ questions > > --- -ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, John Hebert wrote: >> >>>What I want to do is segment my network, so that >> >>one >> >>>or more ports are in front of the firewall and the >>>others are not. >>> >>>Does anybody know if all routers do this? Or if >> >>not, >> >>>which SOHO routers can do this? >> >>The Linksys BEFSX41 had a dedicated DMZ port. >> > > http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=29&prid=433 > >>But I think it only allows one DMZ host, so it >>probably just port forwards >>everything to the DMZ. This isn't a real DMZ, IMO. >>A DMZ behind NAT is >>kind of pointless. Do you plan to have multiple >>real ip addresses for >>machines on the DMZ? > > > Yes, exactly. My ISP (Eatel) allows me to hang > multiple machines off of my DSL connection, so I was > hoping to have both a private network and a public > network at home. I'm switching my 486 based OpenBSD > router with a SOHO hardware router that I'm putting up > in my attic in order to cut down on cable runs in my > home. > > So, having 1 box up in my attic serving both the > public and private networks would be preferable, but > Terry's suggestion will work (hub in between the DSL > modem and router). > > FYI to DSL modem owners: you can increase your > bandwidth by decreasing the length of the phone cable > between your DSL terminal box on the outside of your > house and your DSL modem. > > In my case, I will see an increase from 577kbps to > ~1200kbps by putting the DSL modem just inside my home > next to the DSL termination point. > > John > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
