On Thursday 08 October 2009, geoffrey mendelson wrote: > On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Aharon Schkolnik wrote: > > Hi. > > I am currently connected to the Internet via a HOT cable connection > > using the modem supplied by them and a single ethernet connection to > > my PC. I bring up the connection using a script which uses pptp. The > > PC also boots XP which connects using whatever program HOT supplied. > > I now need to ADD a wireless connection in addition to the fixed > > ethernet connection (for a laptop). For my taste, the "right" thing > > to do is to attach a wireless access point to the HOT modem. Since > > the modem has only a single ethernet connection, the access point > > would have to include an ethernet connection for the PC in addition > > to the ethernet connection to the HOT modem. The only problem with > > this solution is the cost - an ACCESS POINT D-LINK DAP-1160 costs > > over 300 NIS. > > My question is: should I consider buying a modem with cable+wireless > > +ethernet and using it instead of the HOT modem ? Will I save > > significant money ? Will I have trouble if I need support from HOT ? > > What modems work with HOT ? Are there problems setting them up to > > work to support Linux and XP ? > > TIA. > > You have to keep the HOT modem. It's no problem, I've had two in > about 9 years. The first one did not really need to be replaced, but > since it was 8 years old and I have "business class" service, the tech > decided to replace it to save a service call when it did eventually > fail. > > The easiest thing to do is to go out and buy a router. You can get a > good one such as an EDIMAX for under 200 NIS. You can get a cheap one > from Ivory for 130 NIS. I had one and it had problems when you used it > to copy files between a wired and a wireless computer. Otherwise if > you just used it to share an Internet connection it worked perfectly. > They have a new model, but I can't find my recepit, so I can't take it > back. :-(
OK, looks like I can get a Edimax BR6204WG for NIS 160, or a TP-Link TL- WR641G for NIS 130. Anyone want to recommend for against either of these, or suggest something else ? > > I have over the years run computers here sharing the internet > connection here with Windows, Linux. MacOS, Solaris, and a few other > odd systems. I have only had trouble when I used a Linux system as a > router, and that took 5 years to happen. The problem had to do with > NAT not happening on some connections and replacing it with a router > fixed the problems. > > Geoff. > Thanks for the advice ! -- The day is short, and the work is great, | Aharon Schkolnik and the laborers are lazy, and the reward | is great, and the Master of the house is | aschkol...@gmail.com impatient. - Ethics Of The Fathers Ch. 2 | 054 3344135
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