Re: internet gateway

From: pctom (pctom_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/02/05


Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 06:53:04 -0800

Yes, I am in Brazil. Thanks so much. I'll try that.

"David H. Lipman" wrote:

> That's what I thought. Are you actually in Brazil ?
>
> Anyway what you want to do is a get a Cable/DSL Router such as the Linksys BEFSR41. This
> device will connect to your DSL Modem and has a 4 port 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet switch on the
> LAN side, Any computers you have are connected to one of the switched ports on the LAN
> side. The Router has a DHCP server and when the PCs are setup to use DHCP will get their
> addresses automatically from the Router. The Router will allow upto 253 computers and/or
> devices (including XBox and Playstation) to share the ONE ISP provided WAN address. The
> Linksys model I emntion will also allow your computers to communcate at 100Mb/s in
> Full-Duplex mode. If your ISP uses PPPoE for DSL, the Router will make the PPPoE connection
> for use, not the PC and NO computers need *any* ISP provided software on them. Also such
> devices as the Linksys BEFSR41 act as Simplistic FireWalls and some have full built-in
> FireWalls. That will protect you computers from hackers and Internet worms such as the
> Lovsan/Blaster and sasser, BugBear, etc.
>
> In short, you would be far better off by getting a Cable/DSL Router to share the Internet
> and provide a way to have a Local Area Network (LAN) where the LAN computers can share data
> safely and all can access the Internet equally as well.
>
> --
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> "pctom" <pctom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6456638-0B6B-4054-9CED-729CCED182E9@microsoft.com...
> | DSL. Anyways, it's working now. My original, yet unsolved, problem, was in
> | fact to activate a file sharing n this peer-to-peer connection, which seems
> | to be not possible. Am I right? "Access is denied" whenever I click either
> | way on the icons of my client or host machines.
> |
> | "David H. Lipman" wrote:
> |
> | > You didn't answer my question -- How are you accessing the Internet ?
> | > Are you using Cable or DSL ?
> | >
> | > --
> | > Dave
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > "pctom" <pctom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> | > news:0257CB00-7051-42EC-9FB4-E22A2D95D31C@microsoft.com...
> | > | Hi, Dave. Thank you all. My mistake was manually configuring the IP on the
> | > | client machine. Thanks again!
> | > |
> | > | "David H. Lipman" wrote:
> | > |
> | > | > How are you accessing the Internet ?
> | > | >
> | > | > --
> | > | > Dave
> | > | >
> | > | >
> | > | >
> | > | >
> | > | > "pctom" <pctom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> | > | > news:C034229F-0871-4C2F-980D-7B8288B457DC@microsoft.com...
> | > | > | Hi, I need help with the internet connection of my client computer. It is
> | > | > | connected to the host machine thru a crossover cable. Pinging and the shared
> | > | > | printer are OK, but the internet on the clint machine is not working. I do
> | > | > | appreciate any hint.
> | > | >
> | > | >
> | > | >
> | >
> | >
> | >
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>



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