At 08:48 AM 2/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Howdy listers,
>
>I have ordered my DSL service (thru Bellsouth; anyone have experiences 2
>share?!?) and am now waiting for them to install the service w/ their
>single-computer modem. I am also going to Best Buy today to see what they
>have in routers (see? I listen 2 y'all!) so I can expand my internet access
>to all of my computers & printers (about 7 total) ...
They have reasonably decent service. I used to support Earthlink DSL, which
went over BellSouth's stuff and it was decent enough. Standard warnings
about occasional tech support headaches apply, it's usually decent but
there are a few... also standard Mac support problems, particularly older
Macs, apply. ("You want to hook up a 266mhz Macintosh? Uhh... I don't think
that'll work")
>So here are my questions for the great Mac Oracle of Knowledge...
>
>1. I notice that my 7600 has TWO ethernet connections; one an RJ-45 and the
>other a AAUI(?) port. Is it possible to use BOTH at the same time? Or if I
>wanted to use both, would I have 2 switch back & forth?
I don't believe you can. It's an either-or.
>2. Say I have a router, and I take one of the rj-45 lines from it and SPLIT
>IT into two rj-45 connections <snip>
It's probably a no. Back in my day, we allowed 3 IPs because sometimes when
you'd disconnect, the connection wouldn't reset on our end so we allowed
multiple IPs so people could still get on. Even before I left there were
rumblings that was going away due to abuse, so don't count on it. Best bet
is to get/make a router. The device will indeed split a signal, but it
would need to be on the routed side of a router and not the DSL modem side.
<snip>
>Craig W.
>(NOT a Newbie re Macs, but VERY MUCH SO regarding DSL!)
Scott Holder
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