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642 > router > network? Can a router (Asante fr3004LC) be used between a 642r and the network. Would the set-up be similar to above? or can a router replace the 642?
sorry for this lame question, but I see the 642 and 645 called a modem, is it? or is it just a router?
I'm having Sprint DSL installed later this week and the sent me a 642r (I guess I don't rate for a new model!)
thanks in advance,
J |
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| The 642 R is a DSL router. It will connect you to the internet via DSL and ALSO will allow multiple computers to be hooked up behind it. You would not be required to use the Router you already have but could use a similar piece of equipment like a switch or hub (A dumb device that basically is just a splitter on your ethernet network). You could use your router (Asante fr3004LC) if you like, but it should be configured on the 192.168.1.x network and then you can use it to give out additional IP addresses to each of your computers. (The only reason to use the Asante fr3004LC would be if it has more than one place to plug computers in the back - Since the 642R does not) |
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| Thanks for the response ( and your patience). Its sounds like adding a switch to the 642R would give me a multi-port router. All I need to do is attach a switch to the 642R, plug in the computers and each computer would have access to the internet, concurrently?
Does Sprint or Earthlink limit the number of computers accessing DSL at the same time?
Would the 642R also give me the firewall capabilities that the Asante or Linksys products do? would you recommend a software firewall also, or does the hardware solution work well enough?
thanks again,
J |
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