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my experience with them in NY was positive. In fact, I still have dial-up from them and they host one of my sites.

It's my own company's network. Whatever I run for clients..I run on my servers.

Seems as though a more advanced router is the way to go. Thanks guys for all your contribution.

YeOleStoneCat,
thanks for your advice. I'm not acting weird or being smart when I say that...I know what I'm doing as far as ports that need to be opened..etc (PCA 5631,5631 was a typo...and I use it to manage all my clients remotely with no freezing also..I can not imagine why the other member has ...

here is an example...

20,21 - ftp server
25 - smtp server
110 - pop3 server
7100, 1677 - groupwise
5631,5631 - PCAnywhere
80 - web
81 - web
another 8 (cant remember the ports) - Netware 6
multimedia streaming server - several more
Antivirus server - PDS port, RTVSCAN ports (at least 2)
Fax server ...

in my experience, ports 20 as well as 21 need to be fwd. Put your PC behind your firewall/router, give it a static LAN side IP, fwd ports 20,21 to that static IP, your FTP server should work. ISP are getting slicker...they might block 21..sooooo use another port... 70,71 - of course you'll have to ...

I do not have or use XP. I think Win2K has the same firewall or control over ports and protocols that XP has. I have never had to use it but perhaps I should give it a try. Thanks for your info. I never thought about a non-router solution.

I have a linksys DSL router (BEFSR11). It works just fine EXCEPT it only allows a maximum of 10 ports forwarded to local servers. I called netgear...same thing-10max- SMC has one that does 20 but essentially it's 10 bcuz, unlike netgear where you can use a single line to fwd both TCP & UDP packets ...

A personal firewall on your PC would not hurt. Http://www.zonelabs.com. I sue it on every computer that I touch.

yeah..where.. how can I get that? My 768/90 is slow. I could use some fast cheap fibre!

An ADSL with dynamic will work just as well except you'll need a service like TZO ($$) or NO-IP.COM to link your dynamic IP to a hostname. This hostname you'll use in PCA or any application that uses TCP. I've been running an enterprise class mail server (smtp, pop3, imap, direct access) on ADSL for ...

Since you're at home, it does not hurt to use two static addresses. Now I am making quite a few presumptions about the equipment that you have and what you're trying to do. It would help if you dscribed all the equipment and how it is currently connected and what you're trying to accomplish.

both must have the MS NETBEUI protocols installed and also File and Print sharing for windows installed. You must also share the folders that you wish to access. Are all these options set?

I have the same router and had freezes/disconnects but the latest firmware solved those issues. Since the firmware upgrade, it had not frozen once or disconnected. Unless I tell it to hang up, my connections stays alive. I run a mail server, ftp server, 2 web servers and have a mix of win98 and ...

have you tried the latest firmware for the linksys?

Remember that you are not limited to using ports that are typically reserved for a specific service. You can use 81 for http, 22 for ftp or any other port number for any service that you choose to use. If they scan type "typical" port, they'll get nothing becasue you're not using the 'typical' port ...

with free services that allow you to use a hostname to connect to your dynamic IP address, there's hardly a need for a static....except of course if you want to use Novell's Border Manager's VPN services...then you need a static IP. I haven't check out their latest release to see if they have taken ...

I read an article that 2Wire wrote about their DSL routers outperforming LnkSys and Netgear by miles. Has anyone used a 2Wire DSL router or heard anything to substantiate their claims.