Router install report (Was: Re: about DSL firewall)

[Siri Amrit Kaur]

Thanks, Alan!

Siri Amrit

On Thursday 29 September 2005 10:14 pm Alan Dayley kindly wrote:
> Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 September 2005 01:11 pm Alan Dayley kindly wrote:
> >>I am scheduled to setup my father's tonight.  So, I'll have a bit
> >>of experience with it should you have questions.  I assume it
> >> will be fairly easy.
> >
> > If you have time, let me know how it goes.
>
> Siri (and all of PLUG),
>
> It went rather well, overall.  My father has Cox high speed cable. 
> The only hitch in the process was that the cable modem had to be
> forced to reset by turning it off for a while and then restarting
> it and the router (DI-604).
>
> Because of that catch, I had to call the 24/7 toll free support
> number in the quick start book.  It was just a wait for a few
> minutes and then I worked with the guy for about 15 minutes as we
> tried different things before settling on the reset-the-modem
> process.  Relatively impressed, actually.
>
> The little quick start book is full of diagrams and screen shots to
> show what to connect and where to click.  It came up with
> everything but ping blocked at the firewall.  Has a pretty clean
> interface for opening ports if needed or other options.  All
> configuration is through your browser so managing it from Linux or
> any other OS should not be an issue.
>
> All in all, I nice little box, that D-Link DI-604!  I thank those
> that recommended it.  I don't think you will have problems with it,
> Siri. After all, we all know you are a Slacker!
>
> Alan
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