Wondering
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My apologies if this has been addressed multiple times . . .
A local WISP (SurfNet in Scotts Valley, CA) is coming out on Thursday to do a site survey (their in-office analysis software for my location indicates that service is promising). They offer a max of 1000 up/1000 down for entry level 2.4Ghz service.
Their Customer Premises Equipment consists of a low profile flat-panel antenna that is cabled down (via cat 5) into my home and terminated at a surface-mount wall jack. The wall jack includes a 110-volt power cable that needs electricity, utilizing Power over Ethernet.
The salesman (not a technician) I talked to says that I cannot simply connect their cable to a ordinary switch as I currently do (currently, Hughes Net is my ISP; satellite to HN6000 gateway, from gateway to switch, from switch to two wired desktops). He says that due to DHCP, I will need a router, instead of a switch.
Does this guy know what he’s talking about, or can I continue to use my switch to distribute the (wired) signal to the two desktops. If he’s right, what is basic description of the configuration that I will need? Thanks for any help (remember, I am a novice at networking, routers, etc.). |
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tx_tower
join:2007-11-13
Blanco, TX
| the reason he doesnt want you to have a switch is because then you get 2(or more) dhcp addresses from them. effectively 2 accounts. I would tell him when he comes onsite to hook up only 1 computer, no need for a switch/router. then when he leaves plug it back into your switch.
I know someone people r gonna frown on this post and call it stealing but if thats the best job they do to lock down their network its fair game.
That or hes going to assign the router a static ip and you will need something to do NAT if you have more than 1 PC. If this is the case then YES you would buy a router, ive had good luck with Linksys WRT 54G, dont get the speedboost model, it sucks. |
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TerraWorld
join:2006-09-28
Independence, KS
| reply to Wondering
It's quite likely that their DHCP server may only provide 1 lease per MAC address, though in some setups you may be able to connect it up just like you indicated. It depends on how the service provider has configured their network.
But really, the right thing to do is use a router. |
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