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To: Z Analyzer who wrote (8857)	10/11/2000 11:28:40 PM
From: appro	Read Replies (1) of 9256

Off Topic re cable modem & sharing Internet connection. Hi Z, I have had cable modem service from AT&T Broadband (was Mediaone.net) for a little over a year. The connection is as quick and reliable as the water faucet. The speed is 260 kBytes/sec (2.080 Mbits/sec) on peer to peer file sharing downloads such as Napster. A nice tune in a 4 MB file takes 16 seconds. Contrary to stories I have heard about cable from DSL salespeople, I have never experienced a slowdown due to local over-loading. Whenever, there is a bottleneck it has proven to be a temporary traffic jam half-way across the country or more typically some particular site's server is too slow - but even that seems like a rare event these days. AT&T only allows me one IP address so I use the Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL 4-port Router ($155 with shipping from Egghead.com) to network two computers separated by 100 feet of Cat-5 cable ($80 from Comp-USA). The router assigns IP addresses to the computers in network, but the cable modem only sees the one IP address it has assigned for my house. Message 14354203 Highly recommended. cable-modems.org It arrived second day after I ordered it from Egghead.com and was plugged in and running perfectly in the background in literally about two minutes. linksys.com egghead.com My cable modem is $40/month which is less than I was paying ($20/mo. for dial-up isp plus $30/mo in extra "local toll calls" at $0.10 each because, although the isp number was two miles from me, it was 8-13 miles of wire between the two telephone switching stations - ya can't make this stuff up <vbg>). The Linksys routers have a packet-filter firewall which I do not yet fully understand but I think it is helpful. Contrary to what the Linksys reviewer said, the newest drivers shipping with my router a month ago do support IPSEC tunneling but I have not needed that nice to have feature yet. You will need an NIC (Network Interface Card) in each computer if not already installed. The cable company would have charged me a little less than CompUSA for 3COMs but I ended up with a Sohoware PCI card for one computer and an external Network adapter from Linksys which plugs into the USB port for the other. The Linksys router gives me 100 Mb/sec connects over the LAN between computers and 10 Mb/sec over the WAN to the Internet. This caused no bottlenecks. Very F-A-S-T for the money involved. Bottom line is two (up to four) people can simultaneously be online without any slow down resulting unless they are both downloading something like a big 30 MB file at exactly the same moment and even then they each get half the bandwidth, thus taking 4 minutes instead of two minutes each. heheh. I am very happy with this set-up and it is easy to expand. If you have any questions, let me know. Regards, appro P.S. There is a wealth of info at cable-modems.org I was already using and therefore still using the ZoneAlarm client as my personal firewall because it is so easy to control and know (if you choose alerts) who is scanning your ports. zonelabs.com Also, long ago, I did the highly recommended GRC Shields Up recommendations: grc.com

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