Re: System 6.0.2?

["Donald C. Lee" <coach41@pacbell.net>]

Hi there,

    I think DSL on the IIGS is quite possible.  From what I have read on
a2central.com, the Marinetti TCP/IP software doesn't handle routers (and I
presume dynamically assigned IP's I assume) too well.  So, to get DSL to
work on the GS, you'd probably have to get the LanceGS card, Marinetti AND
a STATIC ip from your local DSL provider.

    Problem: most ISP's who offer home DSL connections offer dynamic IP's
(meaning using the god-awful connection software) which wouldn't work on
the GS.  I think cable modems offer static IP's but I am not sure what
else is involved with getting it to work.

    SO what can you do?  Well, right now I have a DSL modem, a router
(Linksys DSL/Cable Router) and two PC's. The router can do "auto
connect" to the ISP and thus eliminates the use of the special DSL
connectivity software.  So my PC's basically can call the DSL connection
on demand and the router will use DHCP to assign a non-routable IP to one
of my PC's.  

    So if the IIGS software can be worked to a point where it recognizes
the IP assigned by the router (a 192.xxx.xxx.xxx IP), then DSL should be
quite possible.  

    But this is all theory and may not make a whole lot of sense.  But if
anyone who is more "technically" inclined can explain it better, then
please do!  :)

Don

Donald C. Lee
http://www.geocities.com/smcoach41
"The Future is So Bright, I gotta wear shades!"


On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote:

> Donald C. Lee <coach41@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >     The potential of getting a GS (or remotely a IIe) hooked up to DSL is
> > tempting prospect.  I have to say that what the II community comes up with
> > still amazes me.  And I'd say that would be true of other orphaned
> > computer systems as well.  
> 
> If can connect your IIgs to DSL, it would be wonderful to hear about!  Just
> be careful who you tell (outside csa2), 'cause they react kinda funny.  I had
> one person telling me not to use DSL on my Macintosh IIci, and to swap out the
> motherboard for a Pentium because it was really cheap!  Now the IIci is very
> proprietary, and the *only* "Pentium Compatible" part was the power cable.
> 
> A few weeks later I was back to my IIgs and a 14.4kbps modem, because that
> *is* cheap and a great deal faster!  Gotta love shell accounts.  ;-)
> 
> (Much cheaper.  As it turns out, both Cable and DSL would have (and suceeded)
> forced me to upgrade my system since that time -- to use their service, of
> course.)
> 
> Byron.
>