On 14 May 2004, at 16:07, Marcus Roberts wrote:
Make sure you get a cable/ADSL router rather than a simple wifi access point. Because the cable modem only gives out a single IP address, you need a router rather than an access point. The router will act as a firewall between the internet and machines on the local network, and will act as a DHCP server giving out IP addresses to the machines too.
Something I am having trouble with understanding is: How can the router act as a Firewall if you cannot configure individual ports? I have a Linksys router and in the set up it seems only to offer an On/Off switch for the "firewall". I think I must be missing the point and would be grateful if someone could elaborate.
Thanks.
Drew
It basically 'routes' packets between the local network and the cable modem. If you only have an access point, then the cable modem assigns the IP address to the access point's ethernet port, leaving you with no IP addresses for your computers. A 'broadband router' base station only costs a couple of pounds more than a simple access point anyway.
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