[SWLUG] Broadband

[Huw Lynes]

On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 14:25 +0000, Kris Zani wrote:
> NTL ethernet compatible cable modem
> connected to a linux box which acts runs: DNS, NAT, Sendmail etc
> and that serves my windows boxes as a gateway and Samba server
> 
> other port of linux box is connected to a hub which connects to all
> the clients
> and i have a wireless router daisy chained to the hub
> 
> so NTL rocks for that stuff, you do need to ring them to initialise it
> though as they
> use custom windows software for registration.
> 


I used to use Zen up until I moved house recently. Their service was
very good. But you pay for it.

I'm now in a flat that's only serviced by NTL. The bacndwidth (10Mb/s)
is great but they tend to over-subscribe their DNS servers, so sometimes
the connection will go like treacle.

In order to set up an NTL cable modem I found this page to be very
helpful.
http://www.chetnet.co.uk/articles/index_vp.php?id=60&c=14
but really all you need is to point your browser at:
https://autoreg.autoregister.net/start.html
once you've connected to the modem over ethernet.

took me about ten minutes while the chap was connecting up my TV.


As others have said I massively recommend getting a router. It's much
less hassle than dealing with an ADSL modem.

Huw

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