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Dear Cody,
When I moved a year ago, I called my local phone company, Qwest, with whom I
had DSL service, to see what I needed to do to maintain it. They tried to
get me to change to MSN DSL, which looked attractive due to its
substantially less expensive service. I asked if that would continue to
work with my home network, which serves 4 computers. They said,
"Emphatically NO!" --- that Microsoft was willing to provide inexpensive
DSL service but for use on only one computer at a time. I kept my old DSL
service, for which I'm paying about twice as much. Frankly, I'm surprised
you got it to work at all. If it is the same service that Qwest tried to
sell to me, I'm afraid you're out of luck. Before you pull out any more of
your hair, I suggest that you call your ISP and verify that what you want is
possible.
Sincerely,
Richard
cwest wrote:
> Cody
>
> Presumably the the Linsys (config) controls access to an ISP. For
> example, if the router has an IP of 192.168.1.1 and a gateway of
> 192.168.1.254, and a subnet of 255.255.255.0, then your PCs should have
> IP's between 192.168.1.2-253 with the same gateway and subnet.
>
> Colin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cody Burgat [mailto:cburgat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 11:24 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: MSN DSL Sharing...
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am having a major problem that's driving me insane. Since I
> moved for college, I have MSN DSL, which is very good, as far as I can
> tell. The problem comes when trying to share it between my computer and
> my roomate's computer. We bought a Linksys DSL/Cable Router which does
> the trick, I'm sure, but I can't figure out how to set it up correctly.
>
> I have a MAJOR feeling that it's the way the IP's are set up. My
> LAN network must be using 192.168.1.1 as well as my WAN, which obviously
> won't work. Does anyone have any idea how I can get it to work?
>
> The weird thing is that if I change my router LAN settings to
> 192.168.5.1 it will work for awhile and then several hours later it
> might just shut off. I'm completely baffled. Does ANYONE have any
> idea?
>
> Thanks,
> Cody
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