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To: TraderAlan who wrote (13491)	7/16/2002 8:10:43 PM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Your router is going to have a few ports (at least four typically) to allow you to connect all your computers, so no, you won't need a gateway in addition to the router. Your providers (DSL and cable) may do dynamic ips. Either way, your router uses the ip from the provider and then issues ips to each computer on the net. I'm not familiar with the dual modem setup, but most likely it will have a protocol (maybe one you can configure) which will determine whether you are getting your connection through DSL or Cable. I would probably want to pick a primary source that your router sticks to unless there is a problem. This will let you have a primary source of email without having to jump back and forth to be sure of getting email. The feedback on wireless that I have read is not that positive and it is certainly no big deal to wire a house for JN5. My guess is your dual source router setup will give you everything you need. Rick

To: TraderAlan who wrote (13491)	7/17/2002 10:21:31 AM
From: Ira Player	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Alan, If you're having the house built and the walls are still open, consider having conduit installed and put the Cat 5 through it. It's not required for Cat 5, but who says Cat 5 will always be what you want? With conduit, just use the old to pull the new through and you are updated. Ira

To: TraderAlan who wrote (13491)	7/17/2002 10:51:11 AM
From: Louis V. Lambrecht	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Alan, a couple of links with clear info on broadband: dslreports.com dslwebserver.com Wired my home, Cat 5 and cheated: used the free wire to also distribute the phone. accesscomms.com.au Both cable and DSL on a router: will be the bigger problem. Usually, the gear will allow you to have a backup connection via plain old telephony. You will also have to check the fine print of your providers. Currenrtly, both cable and DSL providers start sniffing the MAC addresses (any Ethernet hardware has a hard coded MAC address, modem, Ethernet cards,....). If your subscription is for une computer only, you could run into trouble with the ISP which could suspend the service if two or more Ethernet cards are spotted concurently. NAT is of no use, it only translates the IP address, not the lower MAC. Having both cable broadband and DSL is searching for trouble if you don't settle for a higher end router. It is possible, but I have kept it simple for my part: a two feet jumper cable in my wiring cabinet <vbg>. You can have your kids play on broadband and keep the (IMHO more secure) DSL for yourself.