On 9/5/02 10:03 AM, "Onno Benschop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 09:56, Justin Bearne wrote: >> I am thinking of moving from a dial up connection to ADSL. I currently have >> 4 Macs on network, 2 connected via an Airport (old airport with v1.3), and 2 >> via ethernet all connected through a hub with a printer also attached. >> Internet connection is dial-up through the airport but I want to move to >> ADSL. > > You'd be plugging your ADSL modem into the WAN port. No he wouldn't, because he doesn't have a WAN port on his old base station. Plug both the Airport and the DSL router into a hub via Ethernet. You will need to plug the DSL router into an Uplink port on the Hub, or else use a cross-over cable. Configure the Airport to connect via PPPoE. Everything should be fine. >> The Airport network design manual says it should be no problem to move to an >> ADSL set up by connecting the ethernet ADSL modem to the hub as well as the >> Airport to the hub. Iprimus who I currently use won't comment and will only >> provide a direct connection to one machine. Has anyone got any experience of >> what I am trying to do. I don't want to apply for the ADSL connection and >> find I can't use the same network set up to share the connection. > > No, you'd be plugging the ADSL modem into the Airport and the Airport > into the hub. No he wouldn't, because he doesn't have a WAN port on his old base station. And yes, I have recreated this setup about 5 times now. It works fine. >> Assuming it will work should I upgrade to Airport software v2.0? Is there >> any advantage in doing so? > > Dunno, RTFM. It won't hurt. But it doesn't really give you any new amazing features. >> The hub I currently have is a simple Netgear ethernet hub. I've seen that >> there are also ethernet hubs through which you can share an internet >> connection and which provide a firewall. Is this necessary or can I still >> use my existing hub? Is Norton firewall running on the individual Macs >> sufficient protection? > > There are solutions that provide ADSL connectivity, firewalling, even > base-station connectivity, but since you're connecting your modem to the > Airport and the Airport to the hub, it's all taken care of. The same goes pretty well for the old graphites > >> Does anyone have any experience of the ADSL service provided by iprimus? Are >> there other ISP's that I should consider? > > Dunno about iprimus, if their product is as good as their phone support > has been in the past, I'd stay clear. Others to consider, Highway1, > Telstra, Optus and iiNet. Can't argue there. Regards Matthew Healey -- Matthew Healey Information Systems Western Orthopaedic Clinic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 (08) 9489 8700 Fax: +61 (08) 9381 8300 Suite 213 25 McCourt Street Subiaco 6008 Western Australia
