Diane Poremsky typed the following on 7/22/2006 2:26 PM:
I'm not sure what they mean by that. You can use a router
and have many. Perhaps this is referring to mailboxes.
Comcast may give you 5 mailboxes. Don't know why even
mention 2.
If you opt for "1", they give you a plain old cable modem.
If you opt for 2-5, they give you a cable/router/WAP,
apparently.
and that is worth $50 a month extra? Not in my book...
Where does that $50/month come from? My impression is that there
is no extra charge (except maybe the rental of the equipment).
I'm not even sure they offer more than 1 IP. Years ago,
they did. If you use a router all PCs will have the same
IP on the internet.
What does that actually mean? Aren't all the PCs behind a
firewall, and doesn't each have a unique IP address that is
not ordinarily visible on the Net?
they don't mention extra ip - i know some internet providers
offer 5 with the service, others charge for more than 1, some
don't give any extras unless you have a biz account.
Why would one want each PC in one's home LAN to have its own IP
address?
Each pc behind the router/firewall usually has a local
(192,168.x.x) ip issued by the router... but depending on the
router equipment, they may have an internet facing ip. Some
hotels offer it as an option, since you may need it for VPN
and some services. I don't know if that's what comcast
charges $50/mo more for - they certainly don't need more ips
and can share one to save $50/mo.
As I said, where does the $50 come from?
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Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
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