Re: Please HELP?

[B Gardner]

Thanks for the reply from so many of you.  I got an education so let me 
pass on what I learned. The DSL modem works as a simple router in it's 
normal state as shipped. The modem has a setting that can be accessed 
online that allows you to disable it's ability to act as a router. It 
simply passes addresses through then.

I disabled this ability and connected it to the WAN port of the 
Airport. Configured the Airport to connect to the Internet using PPPoe. 
Then, configured the Airport to use DCHP to the connected computers. I 
then plugged the Fast Ethernet Switch (NetGear 8 port) to the LAN side 
of the Airport. I then connected all the computers to the 8 port switch 
and configured them to use DCHP in the TCP/IP control. The Airport then 
acts as the "router" assigning a 10.0.x.x address to each computer 
connected allowing each computer to be networked. The DSL connection is 
then passed on to the computers through the Airport network.

I have some non OS 9 computers connected and they can be accessed on 
the network but will not connect to the Internet as TCP/IP is needed 
and is not available from any system earlier than OS 9. That is okay 
though as I can always access them through the network which is all I 
need from those Macs.

This configuration allows me to connect a IBM laptop (Windows 98), 
Aluminum PowerBook G4 (10.3.2), Beige G3 (10.2.6), PowerBook G3 (OS 
9.2.2), Q630 (OS 8.1), Q840 (OS 7.6), iMac DV SE (OS 9.2.2) and later, 
a Q6500 (OS 9.2.2). If your counting, that is one port more that I need 
on the 8-port switch than there is available.

To get around this, I will add another 5 port switch to the 8-port 
switch and see what happens. I am interested to see the result.

For what it is worth, I hope this information will help others in my 
situation.

Thanks,
Byron
On Jan 7, 2004, at 12:34 AM, Erik Vollbrecht wrote:


I have a DSL router, ...
Is that a "DSL router" or a "DSL modem" or a "DSL Router/Modem" you 
have?

What is the brand? How many ports on this device?

The rest of the devices it is clear what you have, but I couldn't tell 
about this one.
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