Re: home network, DSL, and router?

I have used D-Link and Linksys routers with a mixed PC-Mac network.

I think they work the same, but with one difference: My DSL provider
said it only supported Linksys.

That's not to say the DLlink didn't work, but when something goes
wrong with the DSL, it gives the phone support folks one more reason
to put you off.

So you might want to check with the phone company first and, all else
being equal, go with the router that they recommend.

The provider might also tell you they don't support OS 9. Don't be put
off by that either; obviously though you've already shown that one OS
9 machine can connect. All you really need, as a previous poster
noted, is a browser so you can address the router.

I have never tried to do anything with DNS, but I don't have any OS 9
machines. My iBook, on OS X, connects dynamically as long as the
router is functioning (and sometimes when it's not, if the neighbor
has a strong wireless signal). My System 7 Mac, which is strictly
wired in, has a fixed IP address, which I can set in the Control
Panels.


On Oct 23, 9:56 am, "D. Kirkpatrick" <sunc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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noem...@xxxxxxxxx (desktop) wrote:
Power Macintosh G3 Desktop (Mac OS 9.2.2)
PowerBook G3 Wallstreet II (Mac OS 9.2.2)
Power Macintosh 6100/66av (Mac OS 9.1)

currently they have a Siemens SpeedStream DSL modem hooked directly to the
PowerBook G3 for Internet access.

I want to network all three of their computers together, with the option
to add a couple of more computers to the same network from time to time,
but also be able to have all computers capable of accessing the DSL
broadband modem.

I'm thinking of a wired network (actual ethernet cable "drops" to each
computer location).

What sort of broadband router/ethernet router do you recommend?
I walked into a store the other day but felt overwhelmed with the
choices...I'm not even sure what to look for....all I know is that I plan
on making it a wired network (not wireless), and want all the computers in
the house to be able to access the DSL modem without unhooking ethernet
cables all the time.

I'm running an OS 9.2.2 machine with 3 Windows boxes on a hard wires
network.

I am using a Dlink 604. Its a few years old now but serves me well.

You may find that you need to get assistance from the tech support
peopleon how to get logged in to the DSL modem direct with user name
and password one time to get it set into PRAM.

However you can log intot he router with any browser from any computer
and control things that way.

You'd go computers to router, and from router to DSL modem in that
order using ethernet connections.

My G3 OS9.2.2 desktop works fine with this set up. I have thw Windows
boxes talking to each other and also managed to get theOS 9 machine
talking to them using "Dave" the networking software for OS 9
machines. However if you have just OS 9 machines they should easily
talk to each other through the router using their built in networking
software via the Chooser.

You will have to hard code your DNS into the TCP/IP control panel.
Macs under OS 9 do not pick up and use the available DNS on the DSL
line. You will need to ask your DSL service what the local DNS is or
use a public DNS. You will also need to select Ethernet in the TCP/IP
cpntrol panel for the connections.

Of course if you go wireless you would need to install a compatible
wireless PCI card into the Macs. Personally, my systems are all in
the same room so I can hard-wire.

DMK


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