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Bainbridge is a far fringe suburb and puts you about 40 minutes east of Cleveland proper. It's a nice country area that is starting to build up.

I live in Medina, which is about the same distance SW of Cleveland, and very similar. I work downtown and own a local ISP.

You are close to Aurora and ...

Never seen a rackmount cable modem, but I'd bet someone makes them if you look hard enough. No doubt they cost more than $50, though.

Rackmount router? You'd need an ethernet to ethernet unit, like a Cisco 2611 or 2511 or similar model. There are others, not sure what you are prepared to work with ...

ICS is not efficient in the way it handles CPU or LAN operations.

An inexpensive switch would help. A good broadband router would also be a very good idea, it would improve speed and security.

It's also entirely possible that this will give your cable co. complete control of how many PC's you can operate on your LAN. Most would not care for that. Given the track record of most cable co's for trying to squeeze their users for more $$$ for multiple PC's, it very well could happen...

As for learning Linux, the only real way to learn it is by using it. My first suggestion is to see if there's a Linux user's group in your area and to join in. Many even have regular install fests, where you can take in a system, install Linux and debug it with a group of knowledgeable enthusiasts ...

It is my understanding that there is a least one local Wireless ISP operating in that area. That may be a good option for you.

As for cable, the FCC ruled that certain cable co's must provide open access to 2 national and 1 regional ISP, but only after they have their system ready and cable ...

It so happens that I've got an extra used Toshiba PCX1100 I'll sell for $50+shipping. It's a classic, well thought of and supported, with very decent throughput. (Every cable system I have encountered supported this modem, that's why I bought three for my personal use. Now I only need two, so this ...

Newegg is good most of the time. We've bought a lot from them at the office, had very few problems. They did mess up one order and return, took a couple of weeks to work out, we had to get nasty about it to get results.

Any vendor can have a problem. It's how the work to make it right that count ...

FIrst, I'd suggest you not use ICS if you don't have to. It's slow and it increases security concerns. You also must leave the computer on at all times to use it.

Second, if you use a hardware solution, you need a router to do the sharing. That's faster and it also provides the best security ...

Half or full duplex and 100 vs 10 mb/s should not matter, as long as both ends of the ethernet connection are setup the same. Few, if any, Cable or DSL modems will come close to the maximum speeds of any form of ethernet.

If you aren't sure what the ADSL modem supports, start with Half Duplex 10mb ...

We have several staffers with two or more computers, complete with monitors. One popular desk solution involves getting two computer desks and setting them up in a L configuration.

There are commercial multi computer desks made specifically for use in Networking Operatoins Centers and also Computer ...

MRTG is the classic solution. It runs on unix or linux and uses SNMP to get packet counts from your router or modem. Not easy for the neophyte, but it's very good, flexible and free.

I've heard of MRTG in a windows environment but never seen it.

You got it right, installing a conduit is the key. That allows you to install any form of cable, or replace a bad cable. For 500' I'd suggest 1" PVC with carefully installed watertight couplings. If you are paraniod, but a splice box in the center of the run.

Buy some surplus multimode fiber off ...

For a generic and robust PPPoE driver for MS Windows systems, RASPPPoE is still the best choice. It's also free. Few telcos or DSL providers will provide technical support for it, but most know what it is and respect it. It's really not hard to setup if you know your PPPoE login and password.

As a telecom and datacom professional, I've done a lot of stuff like this over the years.

First and foremost, do not figure on installing any type of cable without waterproof conduit buried at least 6" to 12" below grade (this assumes the only thing that will drive over it is a lawnmower or light ...

News to me. Guess I'll have to stop at CompUSA and see if they have the newer units yet.

The default for residential ADSL is a single dynamic IP address. To share the connection with more that one computer, you'll need to add a router or a router/hub combination, to your LAN/ethernet.

Get a Linksys, Netgear or Zyxel broadband router.

I am partial to Zyxel. You can use a Zyxel P310 ...

You do not need Enternet, a PPPoE driver/client, with Windows XP. Windows XP has its own built in PPPoE driver that works very well.

IMO, they should configure Enternet to refuse to install into XP. It just causes problems.

It is possible to use PPtP to VPN from Win2K server to a Win98SE, Win2K or WinXP client. MS includes all the necessary components, but its not "default". You must add the additional networking drivers.

Setting this up is beyond the scope of this thread, but it's covered in several of the moderately ...

Originally posted by jim1133
Not many are familiar with Ground start/Loop start, etc. Not many maintained No.1 SxS, Leich, North CX500 CO switches, plus Ericsson, Leich, AE, NE, WECO, TIE, Rolm, Chestel and TR-32 PBX's, either. Not to mention Panhandle LN, Lenkurt, AE and WECO carrier systems ...

Yes, you may use a single central microfilter. Just be sure the pair feeding the ADSL modem is "in front of" the filter and all the phone are fed from "behind" the filter.

Even better, use an ADSL splitter, they are made for this purpose. I like the Wilcom PS-15 (FYI: they will sell to indvidual ...

This is rather a broad question. I'll give some general answers in an attempt to be helpful.

You cannot pass the ADSL thru the PBX, the ADSL signal must be split off from the phone line, typically by using an ADSL splitter. A microfilter installed between the phone line demarc and the PBX input ...

It will work just fine.

1. Access to router: telnet into it from the LAN side, the Zyxel's IP address should be 192.168.1.1 You may need a password. Default is 1234 (Zyxel has windows setup software, but it's a PITA. Real Men use telnet.)

2. Any changes should be to WAN item 2 or Internet Access ...

Fixes?

- SNMP community (password) should be changed from the default "public" on both read and write. Some cable systems do this automatically with the configuration file the CMT passes to the modem. Some don't. If you can't read the unit using docdiag with the community name "public" this is ...

The P645 is one of Zyxel's newest units. It's small, it's fast and it's reliable. As an ISP ourselves, we only sell Zyxel for our ADSL services. Great stuff, a fine unit for the money.

Hint: Earthlink calls these units a modem, but they are actually built for Earthlink on Zyxel's P645R router ...

I suggest you buy another identical Zyxel P642M-11 or P645M (or ME) on ebay. They are quite reasonable in cost there. Be sure to get the Zyxel model that Earthlink ships, it's just a bit different in its internal setup than "generic" Zyxel P600 series setup.

Earthlink can't tell one modem from ...

There's been some discussion about security and cable modems in these forums. Here's the report of specific vunerabilities in certain RCA cable modems: http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5HP0L2A6KQ.html