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PPPoE Information
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Network Telesystems, the developer of Enternet 100 http://www.nts.com/products/enternet_overvw.html Network Telesystems FAQ http://www.nts.com/support/supp_faqs.html Excellent resource for PPPoE information Bob Carrick's PPPoE Solutions Navas Cable Modem/DSL Tuning Guide http://navasgrp.home.att.net/tech/cable_dsl.htm PPPoE client (supports multi-processor machines too) RASPPPoE for Windows2000 WINPoET by WindRiver (info) http://www.ivasion.com/win_prod.htm WinPoET and MacPoET FAQ http://www.ivasion.com/support.htm WinPoET v2.0 http://download.mindspring.com/maxdsl or http://www.earthlink.net/dsl/download WinPoET v2.0 Installation Guide http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/dsl/winpoet/html/winpoet20.html Linux PPPoE HowTo http://sidhe.folkwolf.net/~chris/pppoe-howto Linux PPPoE app http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~stras/pppoe.html |
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Speed Test Sites
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| No speed test from an arbitrary remote server will tell you much about anything other than that particular route at that particular time under that particular server load, all things that can and do vary widely. Lucas Arts FTP Server (very fast) ftp://ftp.lucasarts.com/demos/pc MSN Computing Central http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest50.asp Telus Speed Test http://speedtest.mybc.com DSL Reports Speed Test http://www.dslreports.com/stest/0 DSL Reports Packet Loss/Latency Tool http://www.dslreports.com/r3/dsl/testme Toast.net (Atlanta) http://deluxe.toast.net/perftest Toast.net (Toledo) http://performance.toast.net 2Wire Bandwidth Meter http://www.2wire.com/dlp/dlp_bandwidth.html Bell Atlantic http://www.ba-hss.com/speedtest Monitor u/l and d/l speeds with NetStat Live |
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Connection Sharing and Firewalls
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| If a user is having problems with Microsoft's ICS, then use the EnterNet 100 v1.31 as this version fixes some compatibility problems with ICS. Connection sharing NAT32 WinRoute, NAT + Firewall WinRoute Highly rated firewall BlackICE Defender An ok, (and free) firewall ZoneAlarm Connection Sharing + Firewall (PC, Mac) AllAboard DoorStop Firewall (Mac) http://www2.opendoor.com/doorstop NetBarrier Firewall (Mac) http://www.intego.com/netbarrier IPNetRouter (Mac) http://www.sustworks.com The NAT Page http://www.uq.net.au/%7Ezzdmacka/the-nat-page Test your system for open ports http://hackerwhacker.com:4000/startdemo.dyn?answer=free Hardware Solutions: There are many others, but these routers are the best solution for a Cable/DSL sharing LAN. All of these offer a built-in hub or switch (except the 641), Firewall, NAT, IP Forwarding and hardware based PPPoE support. Linksys BEFSR41 DSL/Cable Router Built-in 10/100 4-Port Switch, plus uplink port. Hardware Firewall, NAT and IP Routing. Supports up to 253 computers. Built-in hardware PPPoE support. Can act as a DHCP server and client. Web Interface for Setup and Administration. Firmware upgradable. Aprx. $160.00 (mfg part# BEFSR41) UMax UGate-3000 DSL/Cable Router Built-in EtherFast 10/100 4-Port Hub, plus uplink port. Hardware Firewall and NAT. Supports up to 253 computers. Built-in hardware PPPoE support. Can act as a DHCP server and client. Web Interface for Setup and Administration. Firmware upgradable. One year of free DNS Hosting. Aprx. $220.00 (mfg part# NETC73007) ZyXEL Prestige 641 DSL Router DSL only, not for Cable. Does not include built-in hub. Hardware Firewall, NAT and IP Routing. Built-in hardware PPPoE support. Can act as a DHCP server and client. Windows-based configuration software. Firmware upgradable. Auto-negotiating rate adaptation. Aprx $300.00 Hawking 9225 DSL/Cable Router Built-in 10/100 4-Port Hub, does not appear to have an uplink port. Hardware Firewall, NAT and IP Routing. Supports up to 254 computers. Built-in hardware PPPoE support. Can act as a DHCP server and client. Web Interface for Setup and Administration. Firmware upgradable. Aprx. $150.00 (mfg part# PN9225) $50.00 rebate until 4/30/2000 D-Link DI-701 Residential Gateway <info coming soon> |
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Trace Route Utilities
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Nice GUI Tool for Trace Routes, Pings, Finger, WhoIs, NSLookUp (PC) CyberKit Utility for showing a trace route (PC) VisualRoute Utility for showing a trace route (Mac) Mac TCP Watcher |
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Tips and Tricks
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John Navas's Cable and DSL Guide http://navasgrp.home.att.net/tech/cable_dsl.htm DSL Reports, *The* site for DSL information http://www.dslreports.com TCP Tweaking for High Speed Connections http://xena.mindspring.com/doc/tcp |
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Other
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| GUI for changing MTU, RcvWindow, etc. iSpeed A utility to manage multiple network connections on a single NIC NetSwitcher DSL Sourcebook http://www.alliancedatacom.com/paradyne-dsl-tutorial.htm Fun Telco Tools http://207.156.245.30/main.html |