Signed up for a cheap broadband account with plus.net and ticked the option for a 1-port router. They sent a me a D-Link DSL-320B which is a modem.
As such I am unable to share the connection via a hub.
Contacted plus with:
And their reply was
Am replacing the D-Link with a Linksys Wireless anyhow. Just interested to know whether the above statement from plus is true.
As such I am unable to share the connection via a hub.
Contacted plus with:
The hardware that you have supplied is not a router, it is a modem.
A router is able to share the broadband connection with other computers when plugged into a hub. The router is given the external ip address and shares this connection via 192.168.0.1 for example.
A modem, however, cannot do this. The first computer that is attached to the modem via a hub is assigned the external ip address. Any other computers attached to the hub get no response and are unable to connect to the internet.
I opted to accept your offer of a router as the only charge was for the p+p. I would not have ordered this hardware had I known that it was only a modem.
A router is able to share the broadband connection with other computers when plugged into a hub. The router is given the external ip address and shares this connection via 192.168.0.1 for example.
A modem, however, cannot do this. The first computer that is attached to the modem via a hub is assigned the external ip address. Any other computers attached to the hub get no response and are unable to connect to the internet.
I opted to accept your offer of a router as the only charge was for the p+p. I would not have ordered this hardware had I known that it was only a modem.
And their reply was
By definition, a router is a device that acts as a default gateway and acts as a bridge between two or more networks (In this case your home network and ours, via the internet) and retains the connection by way of it's own power supply. The hardware we have supplied satisfies all of the above criteria.
If you would like to exchange this we are more than happy to do so, but you would need to upgrade your package or pay the upgrade charge. Please advise if you would like to go ahead. Thank you.
If you would like to exchange this we are more than happy to do so, but you would need to upgrade your package or pay the upgrade charge. Please advise if you would like to go ahead. Thank you.
Am replacing the D-Link with a Linksys Wireless anyhow. Just interested to know whether the above statement from plus is true.