Odd DSL issue

[Ulfwald]

I have a customer who is using Bellsouth DSL Lite, and they have a DIRECT connection to the internet, as in no modem required, to make the thing work. They are using their pc with XP on it to connect directly to the internet. They do not have to use RAS PPPoE to connect. The connection goes straight from the wall to the back of the PC.

Now they have multiple computers, and want to use the abilities of a router/firewall to network the house, as well as keep their computers safe.

What kind of router is user friendly, inexpensive, and can perform this function? Now I would sel up a smoothwall for them, but they are not that computer literate, and I really do not feel like being their 24x7 tech support.

 

[JackMDS]

You have to find out how they are getting the Internet.

Giving you description either they have an Internal PCI DSL modem or they get the Internet after central Routing from elsewhere.

Look at the IP of their Internet connection if they have an Internal Modem it probably would be an external IP address. If they getting a Routed signal, they would have a private IP (like 192.168.x.x).

If there is Internal modem, they would need to buy an external Modem and a Router.

If it is a Routed IP, they would have to find out what the nature of the source is, and whether they can install a second Router for their own system.

How to find the IP here, How Do I Find my IP and MAC Numbers?

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[Ulfwald]

From what I understand they are directly connected via nic. and getting the IP from an external source.

 

[JackMDS]

And the External source is?

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[DaiShan]

Do they have an internal private IP, or an externally accessible (192.168.x.x vs 24.250.x.x for example) Do they have to do any type of logging in, or when they reboot the computer the network connection is active? What information can you get about the network connection from the network connection screen in control panel? My gut instinct is that it is probably just based on MAC address, so I would just get a router that can do MAC address cloning (almost any nowadays) and set it to clone the MAC of the computer that has the connection.

 

[Atheus]

So is it cat5 coming from the wall? Or a phone cable? If it's cat5 and they really do have a 'direct' internet connection, then almost any consumer router will do, like a wrt54g set to static IP mode.