On 25-Sep-00, Chris Holt wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 5:50 PM
>
>> I've used MiamiDx successfully with both cable and DSL modems,
>> though these are both simple bridging setups that are nearly
>> no-brainers to configure. The one problem I've noticed is that the
>> MiamiDx DHCP lease renewal doesn't seem to work correctly with
>> @Home, but since @Home isn't really requiring DHCP yet it doesn't
>> affect connectivity. I only noticed it because of the unusual
>> traffic from the retries.
>
> Based on that, would you recommend the (ack!) $6.95/mo. for another
> IP (@Home through Cox New Orleans), or bite the bullet and spend
> ~$80 for a broadband router that does DHCP/firewall. There is
> already a Win98 peecee connected and working with the cable modem
> and I just got my X-surf card, so of course I'm eager to get the
> Amiga onto the fatter pipe. :)
I went the other route. My Amiga 4000 (PPC) talks to the cable modem
and routes it to two other Amigas, two PCs and a Linux box. That way
I get to use the firewall in Miami Deluxe. Multitasking on the Amiga
works a whole lot better and I don't notice any slowdown problems.
Dan Arico
--
"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no
constitution, no law, no court can save it."
-- Learned Hand - (American jurist - 1944)
--
To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe miami-talk-ml" to
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]". For help on list commands send "help" to
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
