On Jan 22, 2008 12:04 PM, Gerald Timothy Quimpo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > smart bro (like all residential broadband ISPs I've ever > seen in the philippines although I'd be happy to be > contradicted with counter examples) doesn't provide routers > because the terms of service actually say that the service > is to be used by only one computer. if they were to provide > a router they'd be contradicting those terms. i'm with > PLDT DSL right now and the modem has several lan female > jacks. but only one can be used at a time, the one that > works is determined by which protocol or service is configured > for use. trying to *change* the modem (there's a web interface) > to use another protocol makes the DSL stop working :-).
But the modem also act like a router. And if I'm not mistaken for PLDT DSL subscribers, the modem can be set to bridged mode. I used to be a PLDT DSL subscriber and I set the modem from a router mode to bridged mode. And actually, you can even change the provided DSL modem with your own DSL modem with WLAN and extra Ethernet ports. I know D-Link has a DSL modem and access point functionality. I have here a cheap US Robotics Wireless ADSL2+ Router Model 9110 which is until now unused. My mother in law told me that the installer from SmartBro also provided them a device other than the antenna/canopy but she can't identify it to me. But there is a cable that connects from the PC to that said device. If that device is like a modem that we can change it like with a cheap Linksys blue box router, that would be cool! =) Regards, Marvin _________________________________________________ Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
