[thechat] networking fun and a stupid question

Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns skaiser1 at skdesigns.com
Sun Mar 10 03:17:00 CST 2002


At 12:48 AM 3/10/2002, you typed:
>shirley,
>
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> > From: Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns
> >
> > > color me silly, but why not remove the pci card for
> > > the modem and replace it with a network card?
> >
> > Hmmm.... well, but I'm still using a dial-up modem to go
> > online.
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>that's officially icky.  ;p

<big chuckle> Yeah, I know. I think everyone is totally shocked that I'm
not on a fast connection yet.

>i figured since you were doing a network that you had a broadband connection
>already.  my mistake.

No problem at all.

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> > People have told me that I can get online with one
> > computer and then have them all online.  Is that correct
> > even with a modem and dial-up?
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>yes, if there were all win2k you could do that using its built-in dial-up
>sharing feature.

Well, I could upgrade the Win98se computer, too..... I don't mind doing
that if that's a good thing to do, too.

>i've got one better for ya though.  go to the store tomorrow as you planned.
>instead of buying a usb 10/100 nic, buy a cable/dsl firewall/router.  choose
>carefully though.  with alittle looking you should be able to find one that
>has built-in dial-up backup protection.  rather than use the firewall for
>cable/dsl with dial-up as a backup, you'll just use the dial-up feature as
>your primary means of connecting to the internet (you will need to buy an
>external modem if you don't already have one).

OK. And yes, I have only internal modems right now.

>  let the firewall perform
>nat/dhcp for you and you're all set -- every computer connected can surf at
>the same time.  additionally, you'll be putting all your machines behind a
>protective screen.

I've got them all using ZoneAlarm right now, which has been helping
significantly, so I do have what seems to be good firewall protection for
my dial-ups, at least.

>  if you ever go to some form of broadband connection in
>the future you'll be all set and can just plug the cat5 from your broadband
>modem into the cable/dsl/wan port on the firewall/router.

Sounds like good planning here, and I do want to be planning for at least
some time into the future here, too, of course. And hopefully it won't be
long before I get a fast connection going.

>here's some info on the firewall/router i have, which supports dial-up
>backup.
>
>http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di804/
>
>you can get it new off amazon.com right now for about $80:
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005ML8V/
>
>there are a couple on ebay too:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2007048164
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2008776385
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2008727137
>
>that last one even has 2 network cards as part of the package
>
>in case you don't have an external modem, i found some 56k external modems
>on ebay too, that are pretty reasonably priced:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2007082144
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2007715679
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2007177536
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2007206635
>
>enjoy,

Fabulous! Thank you, Jeff! OK, I'll check these out Sunday and figure out
where to go from here then. Thank you so much!

Warmly,
Shirley

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