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From: Ed Harrison
I have a router connected to the Windows computer but bot the Linux and the Mac are connected wireless. Let's solve the first problem for now. That is, how shall I tell the Linux/SuSE computer about the new TeleCom router replacing the D-Link one ? Somehow I have to provide both the wireless computers with the router ID and the key (password) ... anything else ?
Thank you so much, Maura
The easiest thing to try out of the box is to plug the D-Link into a port on the new TeleCom Gate 2 Plus and the digital phone unit into another one, if available. _______________________________________________________________________ TeleCom Gate 2 Plus comes wirh: - a port for ADSL - 3 Ethernet ports (Eth1, Eth2, Eth3) - another port bearing the name Eth4/STB (I have no idea what it is for), - a USB port - a power switch (usually routers do not have one. They are turned off by unplugging them) - a small button bearing the name "Reg", - the power plug. The D-Link has * a port for ADSL * 4 Etherner ports (named LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) * a whole named "Reset" * the power plug In the current configuration there is 1. a cable going from the D-Link ADSL port to the ADSL filter plugged into the telephone jack. 2. an ethernet cable going from the D-Link LAN1 to the Windows PC Ethernet port. I guess what you are suggesting is a sort of cascade or serial connection for the two routers ??? However, it's a littel bit confusing to me which one of the two routers is to be connected to the ADSL filter in this new settings. How am I supposed to plug the D-Link into a port on the new TeleCom Gate 2 Plus ? Shall I connect the two router through an Ethernet cable going from D-Link LAN2 to GATE 2 Eth1 ??? Of course GATE 2 must be connected to the power outlet. In this configuration the ADSL port of GATE 2 is not used at all. Am right ? _______________________________________________________________________ I have done this with FIOS. D-Link in one with all computer connections and Vonage digital phone into another. Both work flawlessly. ________________________________________________________________________ TeleCom digital phone, called Aladino, comes wit a base and a cordless phone. Are you suggesting me to plug Aladino base into GATE Eth2 ? Is the ADSL signal band affected al all from this set-up? Shall I expect the signal power to drop because of the splitting ? I am a little bit concerned at getting an even slower download speed. It should be 7 Mb/s but it is actually only 1.8 Mb/s. I formally complained with TeleCom. They state this is due to the old cables, carrying the signal, that need to be replaced with optic fiber ________________________________________________________________________ This may not solve the total problem, but if it works, it will minimize all the putzing around. The D-Link setup should remain the same. _______________________________________________________________________ If the intensity of the signal is not affected then the solution you suggested is ideal as it avoids reconfiguring badically all my systems: WIndows, Linux, and Mac. If I got it right then D-Link would still be the only router. While GATE 2 would just be an appendix geared to provide VoIP (digital phone) communication with Aladino ________________________________________________________________________ If it doesn't work (i.e. there is only one ethernet port on the TeleCom), try the phone device between the Telecom and the D-Link. Or, the D-Link between the Telecom and the phone device. ______________________________________________________________________ Aladino (VoIP communication) won't work directly with D-Link. This is a commercial constraint used by Internet providers to force users to buy all equipments carrying the same brand name. Thank you very much. Maura _______________________________________________________________________ Ed -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org