[Ti] DSL

[Simon Chapman]

At 8:18 pm -0500 17/2/03, Jesse Brown wrote:
>On 2/17/03 12:42, "Simon Chapman" <sc at pr100.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Everything works fine with internet sharing at present but I would like to
>> know if I can just plug the new DSL modem into the base station, reset my
>> location prefs and start my new high-speed life.... I also need to keep an
>> external 56k modem wired to the 7500 so that I can use it for faxing and
>> hopefully I will be able to use the same phone line as the DSL once a
>> splitter has been fitted....
>
>
>Well, yes and no.
>
>Yes you can just plug your airport into the DSl modem via the ethernet port.
>You will then have to configure the internet preferences of base station for
>PPOE to work with the DSL modem.
>
>I'm assuming an older AP with only a single Enet port.
>
>This now presents a problem with the hardwired 7500. You cannot have a PPOE
>connection and a NAT DHCP server on the same ENet port even using a hub. So
>NO you can't use the 7500 in a hardwired mode in this configuration.
>
>You will need to get some sort of wireless access PCI device for the
>7500(cheapest solution)  or a dual Ethernet (Snow) Base station or some
>other wireless routing device with a WAN port and a (mutliple)LAN port such
>as a Linksys or D-Link wireless router.
>
Thanx for this, Jesse. My base station is of the Snow variety, ie my 7500
is plugged in and there is another unused plug which looks like it should
take a DSL modem. So hopefully it will all work without having to get more
hardware -- though I could add a wireless PCI card to the 7500 if there was
no other option. But perhaps this is starting to stray off-topic...

Stan