Stupid n00b DSL Verizon Question

Presumably it only has one ethernet port on the back, so you can only connect one PC. If you connect that single port to a hub or switch, you can plug multiple PCs into that hub or switch.

No prob.

The Westell 2100/2200 modems are capable of using 4 computers via an ethernet hub or switch. They have builtin Firewall/NAT/Router. Nice DSL modems.

Actually... you can have up to 253 computers when the Westell 2200 is in the Router mode and not in the Bridge mode.

Dave

| The Westell 2100/2200 modems are capable of using 4 computers via an | ethernet hub or switch. They have builtin Firewall/NAT/Router. Nice DSL | modems.

I think you'll find it MORE beneficial to use Verizon's News Server - news.verizon.net and take advantage of the; 0.verizon.adsl News Group for questions such as this one.

news://news.verizon.net/0.verizon.adsl

Dave

the Router mode and

No. That's the max due to the mask of 255.255.255.0 That leaves 255 nodes. Minus the gateway and the address .255 which is not defined so that leaves 253 nodes on the LAN side of the Router.

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on the LAN side

In article , mimiseh writes

It's a limitation of some (ie most of the cheap) NAT routers, including NAT implementations built into (cheap) DSL modems. There are others (eg Cisco) that will allow larger ranges (eg 10.0.0.0 subnet 255.0.0.0) or multiple ranges.

At the point of having more than 253-5 PCs, I'd think a more sophisticated router / firewall would be necessary and desireable for service quality. A 486 running Linux.

-- Robert

Exactly. SOHO NAT Routers are not meant for corporations. They are cheap, limited and their latency is too high. They are meant for smaller orgs.

Dave

In article , David H. Lipman writes

But to answer the question posed, it can be done and if DSL bandwidth and SLA is enough (possibly with multiple bonded DSL lines) for you, it works out much cheaper than SDSL or leased lines. It's still much cheaper even when you take into account the cost of a decent router (perhaps $500).

I have over 256 real (routeable) IPs handled on a DSL line (although I could easily configure the use of NAT if it were appropriate). I use a dedicated box () that is a firewall and handles multiple DSL lines as well as being a router + DHCP server, in addition to a standard (ie cheap) DSL router (with a few static routes set up).