Re: A little router and modem advice , please.

I agree with David....I too work for an ISP (AS32327) and I would say
that unless your office is planning on getting a link faster than 10
megs from an ISP instead of cable modem or DSL then the router you have
is fine , you will just want to grab a switch of pretty much any port
density and plunk it in the middle between the cablemodem router and
your pc's. The cable modem router IS max 10 megs on the wan port (as
cable modems RARELY go above 5 or 6 megs) but really, like I said
unless you are planning on getting a greater than 10 meg link from an
ISP you will be fine..

The next step up is a Cisco PIX which is a small business class
firewall and will allow you to control security to the Nth degree if
you are interested, for example a PIX 501 would replace your current
router and in addition to what the current cable modem router will do
and provide an extra layer of security as you can have access lists
allowing only certain hosts from the outside or you can even set it up
so that it will allow the use of certain protocols either incoming or
outgoing right down to a certain ip address should you ever need to
also it will do static address xlations should you upgrade to an ISPs
high speed data link and have more than one IP, you can even set it up
as a VPN server quite easily so that people can connect from remote
locations VERY securely but it is at a cost of around $300 I think....
anyways there are different options....

The cable modem router is pretty good but for the peace of mind for a
company maybe think about upgrading to an actual business class
firewall..

anyone else that has used a pix and linksys disagree???

-AF


David Peeples wrote:
Rick, the modem is not what slows down the line connection. The speed that
you subscribe at is the limiting factor.

Example I work for a ISP in Dayton and we offer the following DSL packages.
1.5m x 256k
3m x 384k
6m x 512k

So if you are using DSL I would talk to your provider about upgrading to a
higher bandwidth package. If you are using cable call them and see what
they offer. DSL modems and cable modems are only limited in speed by what
the provider sends down to it.

Upgrading the modem will have little to no effect on your speed.

As for the need of a 5th connection I would suggest keeping your existing
modem and router and getting an 8 or 16 port switch. You would then wire
it up as follows.

Modem
|
|
Router
|
|
Switch
|
|
PC's

David Peeples


"Richard Swanson" <rns510@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:YSYFg.582$eR4.218@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We are in the process of upgrading all of our office computers to the new
Intel based MacIntosh machines. We'd like to also step up to better
router and cable modem equipment as well. We are currently using a
Linksys (model BEFSR41) ethernet cable / DSL router and a Scientific
Atlanta (model DPX110) cable modem. Both are more than 5 years old so I'm
guessing there is faster/better stuff on the market today. I suspect
there are folks who read this newsgroup who are router / modem experts,
intentionally or otherwise. We have 5 machines and one cable modem that
we need to link together. Everything is wired by Ethernet cable. Any
recommendations?

PS - I really don't want this post to devolve into one of those "Mac
versus PC" threads. Unless, of course, the overwhelming consensus is that
these new Intel based Macs are the "cats meow". ;-)


Rick Swanson

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