Re: Equipment Questions - Modem/Router
- From: MtnLadyinBlackHills1986 <MtnLadyinBlackHills1986@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:01:01 -0800
Who is your ISP and what is the make and model number of the
modem/router that your they supplied you with? If you give us that
information readers with experience with this particular hardware or ISP
may be able to help in greater details.
John, I did have a Zhone modem/router combination. I now have a Cisco
Linksys router.
You're one ISP ahead of me - LOL. I have the big choice of one. My
Things differ from place to place but around here we only have 2 high
speed internet providers and neither of them allow us their customers to
purchase their own equipment. Or rather I should precise by saying
that they only allow us to buy equipment from them or from an approved
supplier and they only allow us to use certain makes and model numbers,
we have no choice over this, we can't plug any which modem that we want
on their line, it just won't work. I rather suspect that it might be
the same where you're at.
provider is better, though, as they allowed me to purchase my choice of
equipment from anywhere I wanted to buy it. They didn't guarantee it would
work but I had no problems at all setting up my own router.
Ask your ISP if you can get a straight modem only from them, tell them
that you don't need any routing features. Or ask them if they can turn
off the wireless and routing feature on the equipment that you now have.
If you can get a modem only from them you will probably save a dollar
or two a month because most ISPs charge a bit more for a router or for a
wireless router than they do for a straight modem. Then you can get
yourself a good suitable wireless router of your choice and then put the
crappy equipment that the ISP supplied on the outside perimeter (on the
WAN port) and plug your computers to the LAN ports and configure things
to your liking. While you could put another router in the picture and
plug the ISPs router in the WAN port this type of setup greatly
complicates things for nothing so its best if you can use a modem only
from your ISP or have them disable the routing and wireless features on
their equipment.
My ISP did come recently and changed out their modem/router with a straight
modem. I purchased and set up my own router. The security level on my
router (a Cisco Linksys) is higher than was on the unit I rented ("SPI"
instead of "NAT"). I agreed with what you said. It seemed like a bad idea
to add a second router into the system. It took a little while to get the
equipment changed out, but I'm happy I was able to do it. I feel much safer
and in control with my own router.
Thank you for replying to my post, John.
"John John - MVP" wrote:
Who is your ISP and what is the make and model number of the.
modem/router that your they supplied you with? If you give us that
information readers with experience with this particular hardware or ISP
may be able to help in greater details.
Things differ from place to place but around here we only have 2 high
speed internet providers and neither of them allow us their customers to
purchase their own equipment. Or rather I should precise by saying
that they only allow us to buy equipment from them or from an approved
supplier and they only allow us to use certain makes and model numbers,
we have no choice over this, we can't plug any which modem that we want
on their line, it just won't work. I rather suspect that it might be
the same where you're at.
Ask your ISP if you can get a straight modem only from them, tell them
that you don't need any routing features. Or ask them if they can turn
off the wireless and routing feature on the equipment that you now have.
If you can get a modem only from them you will probably save a dollar
or two a month because most ISPs charge a bit more for a router or for a
wireless router than they do for a straight modem. Then you can get
yourself a good suitable wireless router of your choice and then put the
crappy equipment that the ISP supplied on the outside perimeter (on the
WAN port) and plug your computers to the LAN ports and configure things
to your liking. While you could put another router in the picture and
plug the ISPs router in the WAN port this type of setup greatly
complicates things for nothing so its best if you can use a modem only
from your ISP or have them disable the routing and wireless features on
their equipment.
John
MtnLadyinBlackHills1986 wrote:
I posted earlier about Internet security problems. Thank you, "Daave", for.
all your assistance. My computer is "well" now. However, I have a different
concern now. I contacted my ISP about my DSL modem/router (which I rent) and
about open ports I found in the grc.com scan. They refuse to close these
ports for me. I can't access the software because my ISP has the password.
Last night my husband's laptop (with a wireless connection) was repeatedly
attacked by a Trojan Horse. (The Internet was turned on but he was not using
the Web - he was using a program that is not an online one.) His antivirus
stopped and deleted all of them. But I'm concerned that these open ports are
a major part of the problem.
We are considering buying our own equipment. Can you purchase a combination
modem/router or would we need to get the modem from the ISP and get our own
router? I know the routers have their own firewall software that we could
access and set up. Or are we opening up a big "can of worms"?
I'd appreciate any information you could provide. I promise I won't make
this a long-drawn out thread, like before. I did get a lot of very valuable
information from that post, which I greatly appreciate.
Thank you.
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