Jetta392
Premium
join:2002-07-14
Martinsville, NJ
| reply to jefe
Re: I thought routers were not allowed on OOL
said by jefe  :
You're only getting one WAN IP address, and it's dynamic. OOL can change it at will.
The fact that you are issuing additional local IP's to your local machines isn't an issue.
This is what I'm trying to covey.
From the OOL website FAQs
3. Can I hook up more than one computer to my cable modem?
If you wish to subscribe to Optimum Online service on additional computers in your household, the monthly service fee for each additional computer is $39.95 and includes free use of a modem for the term of your service on that computer. If you prefer to purchase your additional modem(s) with your service, you may do so for $65 per additional modem.
How can you hook up more than one computer to a cable modem, with a router of course! They know it can be done with a Router, but it seems they don't want you to use the router for the purpose of internet access on two computers at the same time without the use of a second cable modem and an extra $39.95 per... |
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Qumahlin
Never Enough Time
Premium,MVM
join:2001-10-05
united state
| said by Jetta392 :
said by jefe :
You're only getting one WAN IP address, and it's dynamic. OOL can change it at will.
The fact that you are issuing additional local IP's to your local machines isn't an issue.
This is what I'm trying to covey.
From the OOL website FAQs
3. Can I hook up more than one computer to my cable modem?
If you wish to subscribe to Optimum Online service on additional computers in your household, the monthly service fee for each additional computer is $39.95 and includes free use of a modem for the term of your service on that computer. If you prefer to purchase your additional modem(s) with your service, you may do so for $65 per additional modem.
How can you hook up more than one computer to a cable modem, with a router of course! They know it can be done with a Router, but it seems they don't want you to use the router for the purpose of internet access on two computers at the same time without the use of a second cable modem and an extra $39.95 per...
Well Yes, if you want another full 10/1 account you would need to pay for the 2nd modem account. Where as with the router you are sharing your bandwidth |
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TheWiseGuy
Dog And Butterfly
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-04
Yonkers, NY
| reply to Jetta392
First that is the FAQ, NOT the TOS. The TOS governs your usage and there is nothing in there that forbids the use of routers. In another forum, the VP of Eng. for CV has helped people set up and troubleshoot their routers.
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| Routers are allowed. When you hook a router up, your only getting 1 "Public" IP address (which would be either 24.x.x.x or 67.x.x.x). The router, will then take that address, and do Network Address Translation to send the data to the computers on your network. Which are assigned "Private" IP addresses, which are not visible to anyone on the internet, thats off your network, which means it's harder to be hacked.
If you have 5 computers all hooked up to the same router, and you check your IP address from an internet site, you will see that all 5 computers are sharing that single IP. That's because the internet is seeing the router, and the router is passing the data to you. The internet is not seeing your computer directly.
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