Thor and ADSL
Angus Manwaring
Hi chaps,
Assuming there is anybody still here..... I'm hopefully a couple of weeks
away from having an adsl connection for my Amiga. I'm connecting it to a
modem/router via a pcmcia ethernet card. I'm planning on staying with
Demon and taking the slightly more expensive option where usenet news is
supported.
The thing is, how does Thor deal with ADSL? I'm clueless.
All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)
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Angus Manwaring
>Angus Manwaring <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>Hi chaps,
>>I'm planning on staying with
>>Demon and taking the slightly more expensive option where usenet news is
>>supported.
>If you dont need binary groups, there are free and well working alternatives
>like www dot individual dot net
>so no need for an expensive isp just for usenet access.
>>The thing is, how does Thor deal with ADSL? I'm clueless.
>Thor does not care what kind of connection you use, but with a faster
>connection you may want to increase the number of sockets used. Note that
>your usenet provider/server might impose a limit, either forced or as a
>simple written rule.
Thanks. I've only used the "Linkup News and Mail" with Thor, and never
really thought too much about it..... I guess it'll become clearer when I
am forced to do it.
Just a thought - my son's pc will be sharing the ADSL modem/router via an
ethernet link, he doesn't do news, or e-mail really - will my news
articles come to my machine - or both?
It seems to me I will have to reconfigure things in some way so as to
establish seperate identities for the 2 machines, Multi-tasking Marvel and
pcfilth, or something. :)
Angus Manwaring
>Angus Manwaring <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>Just a thought - my son's pc will be sharing the ADSL modem/router via an
>>ethernet link, he doesn't do news, or e-mail really - will my news
>>articles come to my machine - or both?
>With a router you should be able to use designated local area network (lan)
>ip addresses on your computers, and the router will then handle the one
>single public ip address (the wan ip) that the isp (usually) assigns. For
>this to actually work you need to enable nat/pat functionality in the router
>internal settings, and for nntp connections it will then automatically route
>data without further headaches on your part. Often this is the default setup
>on factory-new products.
Funny you should say that. I got the modem from Ebay, and its web based
configuration utility has denied me all access, until finally I managed to
access it with Term and its serial port, and reset the bar****d. After
that, I was able to get in no probs. This was down to the settings the
previous user has set, and no, there really isn't a reset button on the
beast. :-/
>>It seems to me I will have to reconfigure things in some way so as to
>>establish seperate identities for the 2 machines, Multi-tasking Marvel and
>>pcfilth, or something. :)
>Yes and no, all you need to do is to connect your computers to the router
>with the specified cables, and either select dhcp in both systems tcp/ip
>stack setups, or, if dhcp for some strange reason does not work, manually
>specify individual lan ip addresses, the netmask, gateway (being the router),
>isp dns servers etc.
well, I've got all the bits - and its due to live with Demon in 9 working
days. I feel sure I will be re-reading your advice above shortly. Many
thanks.
Angus Manwaring
>Angus Manwaring <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>well, I've got all the bits - and its due to live with Demon in 9 working
>>days.
>In case of further issues or problems, I supose you may well find a larger
>knowledge base in the c.s.a.networking newsgroup.
>Good luck with it.
Many thanks - I have subscribed.
Can I just ask, all my dial-up stuff is done from scripts, which are
slightly mysterious to me. Is there a utility I can use for conecting to
my isp via the adsl modem/router? Obvioulsy I'd need put in my own config,
but I've just realized I've no idea how this is done.
3 days to Z!! :)
Angus Manwaring
>Angus Manwaring <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>Can I just ask, all my dial-up stuff is done from scripts, which are
>>slightly mysterious to me. Is there a utility I can use for conecting to
>>my isp via the adsl modem/router? Obvioulsy I'd need put in my own config,
>>but I've just realized I've no idea how this is done.
>Usually, with a modem/router combination, the needed isp details are entered
>into the modem/router webbased configuration pages, and therefore none of the
>connected computers should bother with this at all. As soon as you get the
>isp details, you should also have the modem/router usersguide ready. It
>should cover the technical aspects on whatever connection protocole your isp
>may use.
Hi again, well - I'm just about sorted but for some news and mail issues.
The config pages on this US Robotics router turned out to be a bit on the
fiddly side, and for some reason the NAT function was not being accepted
when I saved the config...... until eventually it was. :)