Correct. It's Telstra's cable modem. The router is mine. It has a 4-port 10/100 switch on the LAN side, a WAN port, a serial port and a parallel port. It's solid state, and has been generally fabulous. The serial port is to allow a modem to be attached- if the cable goes down the router will dial the ISP on the modem (this is also good for non-cable environments: you effectively get a 4-port LAN with dial-on-demand). The parallel port is to connect a printer. The router exposes an lpd queue which is Unix compatible (but requires a small port redirector program for Windows).
Andy On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:42, you wrote: > no i think the modem is rental,the router is his?? > > On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:33:51 +1200 > > Craig FALCONER wrote: > > You probably shouldn't flash the firmware... It's a rental item after > > all. > > > > has cropped up. There is a new version of firmware for the router, > > which I will install anyway. > > > > Thanks for all suggestions, > > > > Andy
