RE: A83: OT: Free DSL
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RE: A83: OT: Free DSL
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Well, running a web-server isn't quite the same as networking several
systems together through the modem (router?) to use the same line --
that is, sharing bandwidth amongst several systems. For that, you
have to assign each machine its own IP address, and then you could
mask all of them behind one IP address via NAT for security purposes.
But if this company only offers you one IP address, then...well,
yeah. Running a single web-server requires only one IP address, and
so therefore it'd be legal by this company's rules (unless they
impose some sort of ridiculous bandwidth limit).
I *think* it's possible to create fake IPs for all of the computers
that you want to network through this modem, but I've never messed
around with a router to that extent to figure it all out. (I should
sometime, though =D )
BTW -- I'm late to this, but (x)DSL comes in several flavors. The
one that's popular now is ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line);
indicating different upload/download speeds; the one that I'm using
is SDSL (symmetric digital subscriber line) which -- you guessed it
- -- has the same upload/download speed.
There are a few more, but I've since erased them from my mind.
Didn't see any point in memorizing them all =D
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From: owner-assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
[mailto:owner-assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Laurens Holst
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 13:16
To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A83: OT: Free DSL
> There's something else about this free DSL "deal" --
>
> It's limited to one computer -- you can't put multiple
> systems on the line, as you could with a "real" DSL
> connection. (Or so I've heard.)
Well, about that, in theory that might be true but in reality I don't
really
believe in it. A friend of mine has cable modem (at the moment the
fastest
affordable connection to the Internet - though not available
everywhere (for
example where I live)), and officially he isn't allowed to run a
webserver
on it, but he does and up 'till now it still hasn't been terminated
by his
ISP.
Too bad they don't offer such a thing in the Netherlands, by the way.
Since
a few months we've got a dozen of free internet-providers, but the
telephone-service doesn't support ADSL yet, only ISDN... (Btw, isn't
the
abbrevation ADSL instead of DSL??? At least all documents I read
about
it -not that much- referred to it as ADSL. I think A stands for
Analog)
(*snif*)
~Grauw
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