DSL with GS (was Re: System 6.0.2?)

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

Hey Kirk,

    I don't know if you caught my earlier posts, but I don't have a GS.  I
am playing with the idea of picking up a used GS, and whatever else needs
to be done to try hooking it up to my DSL connection (which i described in
my previous posts). 

    Thanks for your (and Eric's) thoughts.  But since we're here, I pulled
my Linksys router config screen.  Under DHCP, it assigns IP's in the
192.168.1.xxx block.

    SO perhaps that will assist with my potential setup if I ever get
around to doing it. :)

    If I ever do get around to it, I will be sure to ask!  

Thx again,
Don

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


On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Kirk Mitchell wrote:

> In article <Pine.WNT.4.21.0010291616250.-389743@donaldle>,
>   "Donald C. Lee" <coach41@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> 
> With the new driver for the LANce, you won't need the static IP at least.
> I don't use DSL, but my dynamic IP on my cable account worked just great
> for the GS.
> 
> >     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.
> >
> 
> I use netrouting software to share my cable connection to a little home
> network, which includes my GS.  Trust me, a dynamic IP doesn't cause
> problems here.  Of course, the software allows me to assign permanent
> IP's to my internal network..
> 
> >     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.
> >
> 
> OK.. the LANce won't work with this setup.  If you could configure your
> router to assign IP's in the range 192.160.x.x, it would work fine.
> 
> 
> >     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.
> >
> 
> Is your router strictly a DCHP server type?  This appears to be more a
> problem with routing than DSL..
> 
> 
> >     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
> 
> All I can say is that the LANce works great via a cable connection shared
> with IPNetRouter on a Mac to a hub.  It's sweet.  B-{)
> 
> --
> Kirk
> 
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