[From nobody Fri Apr  8 22:55:38 2005
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Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 22:52:45 +0100
From: Simeon W Farrington <sub_mail@farrin.org.uk>
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To: Robert Marshall <robert@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [SC.LUG] networking for idiots
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Right

Fully up and running (online now with it). Don't know why it stopped 
working before, but I certainly couldn't get it to talk to the world at 
my parents (who were relying on it) yet today it's fine. Firmware seems 
intact so I've no idea what it was doing other than being bloody-minded :)

Saying that, I'd still be inclined to go down Ewan's route of a cheap 
basic hub (I used to have a wonderful D-Link one which I sold on when I 
bought this router) unless you actually need the ADSL if nothing but the 
fact that you haven't got to deal with internal firewall / NAT-ing that 
in my experience pleases itself!

Forgot to mention before it has a nice CLI that runs some variant of 
un*x. I have set it up that way before now (following instructions 
admittedly) as I've had duff firmware on it before and that was the 
easiest (only?) way of fixing it as the web interface wouldn't operate.

Almost loathed to get rid, but then again do I *really* need a second 
router?

Simeon

Robert Marshall wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Apr 2005, Simeon W. Farrington wrote:
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>>>Any clues?
>>>
>>>Robert
>>>[1] wasn't someone trying to get rid of a router?
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Yup!
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>>:)
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>
>I suppose I could offer a fiver for it...do you think it's likely to show
>traces of life?
>
>Robert
>  
>

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Simeon W Farrington
Norbury, Hazel Grove
http://www.norburybells.org.uk


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