Networking

[George Toft]

My Qwest installer told me the gateway only provided 4 IP's.  If you
already have 4 boxes on it, that may be  your problem.  Can you connect
a 5th Windows box to the hub and get an IP?

George


Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> 
> First, I'm working on the 7.1 as soon as I can get my cd burner to figure
> out the iso files.
> 
> Second, the DHCP is "leased" on a per connection basis and is NOT static.
> 
> Third and fourth, I do not have a router, only an 8 port hub.  I have the
> Qwest VDSL service that is part of the Choice On-Line/ TV package.  I have a
> gateway that feeds both our digital TV and internet.  The hub plugs into the
> gateway with the uplink port.  The 4 windows PC's connect through the hub.
> One of those is my NT server which is the PDC, but due to the Qwest is NOT a
> DHCP server.  I do not have a router or dsl modem and no phone lines are
> involved so your scenarios seem to fall off at this point.  For a firewall I
> have ZoneAlarm on all windows PC's.
> 
> From: "Eric Van Buskirk" <yonica@qwest.net>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: RE: Networking
> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 17:45:30 -0800
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> 
> Looks like you alread have some good people helping you out, so I am going
> to say some things which may be more tangential to your specific situation.
> So take what you like, if anything.  I make some assumptions here, some of
> which may be mistaken.
> 
> First, I would concur that you should upgrade to 7.1.
> 
> Second, when you said you get your ip addresses from qwest, it wasn't clear
> if that meant you simply leased *static* adresses from them on a monthly
> basis (for which they want an extra $35.00 per month from me), or whether
> you lease a dhcp address from them on a per connection basis.  These are two
> different kinds of leases, hence the confusion.
> 
> Third, you must have a router, one which I don't remember you mentioning
> (but I do have a tendancy to read too fast!).  The router will either an
> intel, cisco, linksys, or some such.  Would be curious to know, as I have
> qwest "service" as well.
> 
> Fourth, it seems as though you have each computer configured for a ppp
> connection with qwest: that is, each computer has a direct connection to
> qwest (direct, but still through your dsl router (or "modem")).  And from
> qwest, each computer leases a separate dhcp address.  If this is correct, I
> would be curious to know why you did it this way.  This method is less
> secure: first, for protection you are relying solely on the merits of your
> router and its built-in firewall; second, each comptuer has a "routable"
> (public) address, which makes it one-step easier for you to be hacked;
> third, if you would have done it the way I am about to suggest, then you
> would have been already up and running.
> 
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