Re: Internet Connection dropping

Just asking the question: how would the ISP know you were using a router?

I've heard this bunk for years...the charge for router usage is such
garbage. It's a sucker fee. If you have a NAT router between the modem and
the internal network, the ISP would only see one connection (the router).
The rest would be behind NAT and functionally invisible to the ISP.

You set the router, usually via a web form on an internal address (such as
192.168.1.1), with the exact same settings that you would use to set up your
PC to reach the 'net.

As far as how to set up the network, see the hyperlink I left earlier in
this thread, and the related pages on that same site. They do an awesome
job of explaining how to set everything up.

Good luck!


"Andieevans" <Andieevans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:06B3C15F-3ACE-44CC-B5CF-1F4214FF468A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi thanks for the tip...
>
> I realise that a router is the best option, but our Internet providor are
> a
> pain and want double the monthly fee to use a router!
>
> instead of £30 per month they want £80 for using a router....
>
> I have never used a router, but I believe that I need specific codes from
> the ISP to make the router communicate with them??
>
> also, whilst I have your attention... can you connect a router to an
> existing network? does the router have to connect directly to the server
> through ethernet... ?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> ANdie
>
>
> "aus" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Ahh! do you really share a USB modem for the network?! its just that
>> this isnt the best idea - specially as you use some extra software to
>> obtain the sharing mechanism.
>>
>> The best (and only sensible) approach is to get a nice standard ethernet
>> router with a modem and nice firewall facilities (these are not
>> expensive). You can then either proxy through the SBS server and then on
>> to the router (the 2 network cards in the server setup) or clients go
>> directly to the router for Internet access (one network card).
>>
>>
>>
>> Andieevans wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I have a win 2003 sbs with an alcatel 330 usb modem connected to it.
>> > The
>> > connection is shared over our network by way of software proxy.
>> >
>> > the problem is, the connection keeps 'freezing' the connection appears
>> > 'live' but you cannot browse any websites.... then it comes back to
>> > life...
>> > very odd
>> >
>> > I have the latest drivers installed. just wondering if any of you guys
>> > have
>> > had a similar problem?
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Andie
>> >
>>


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