At 04:12 PM -0500 03/31/2003, Richard Nagle wrote: >Which would offer better long term speed connections, >DSL or Cable, if all being the same, e.g a 2 mbit connection for >downloads. >( There seems to be allot of discussion on this. )
Depends on the carriers involved. Figure an average 30 to 60 day install / shake-out / hassle period, regardless of who you go with. Then another 90 days to beat on them to get the throughput up to the ballpark they sold you. Cable has a tendancy to be very stable, once it's working. xDSL circuits run for a while, then go out for days at a time. If the xDSL is thru a 3rd party, such as Covad, their general reliability will be better... but then they'll be down now and then due to BabyBell Sabotage. Throughput wise,,, depending on your distance from the CO, xDSL is either way faster than cable or way slower. xDSL has the *potential* to give better throughput because the upstream pipe is usually bigger than the cable company will give you. And xDSL AUPs often let you run servers and such. >Can Mac OS X 10.2.4 do IP Routing and handle NAT Address, for >Several Other Mac and two PC. Certainly. But it's a PITA to set up, because Apple doesn't supply a nice GUI for it. Check out IPNetRouterX from Sustworks. It takes care of all the pain for you. http://www.sustworks.com/ ObDisclaimer: I'm a Sustworks reseller. - Dan. -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
