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"Network help"

Ok, put a similar topic in the xbox/windows forum but hey.
Broadband being installed tomorrow, and I need some advice re networking and I dont have clue 1 about doing it - so advice is welcome:

A wireless router, plugs into the cable modem from NTL and my pc will feed off this.
So I need a wireless network card then?
My machine already has a Compaq Netelligent 10 T/2 PCI UTP/Coax Controller - would this be one?

So I get a card and plug NTL into the router and voila, I'm away?

cookie monster wrote:
> monkey_man wrote:
> I think the XP firewall will protect you if you turn off
> Norton...think.
>
> It will, infact, the windows one is probably better.

If you're behind a router inbound connections cannot reach you no matter what (unless either the router or another computer behind it get compromised), so the only reason you need a firewall is to control outgoing connections. If you have XP service pack two, the built in firewall with that is more than adequate. Personally I don't bother.

Goatboy wrote:
> Not sure what my download limit per month is to be honest.
>
> Right, off to watch high-bandwidth movie trailers.

Currently NTL's limit is about 1GB/day. After January, with the new speed increases this will vary (there was a post here not so long ago about it)

Iirc the 3Mb will be capped at 40Gb/month so about 1.2Gb/day which is plenty.

**Only 4 weeks till I see my beautiful 3Mb!!**
whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh!;)

Miserableman wrote:
> Ask the engineer if he'll test the connection through the router. If
> he can't or won't, don't leave either of your computers directly
> connected to the internet as there are still worms like blaster going
> around - at its peak, an unpatched computer on a broadband connection
> could expect to get the blaster worm inside about five minutes.

Very true. I connected via a modem, with winxp Sp1, and my machine was crippled within ten minutes. I was downloading virus protection at the time. Popup after popup.

Oh, on a side note, check out the amount of intrustions you get when playing "Isketch". I thought bonzi buddy was dead and gone. Nope.

cookie monster wrote:
> It will, infact, the windows one is probably better.

How does it compare to sygate personal (the one I'm currently using)

At a guess i would say you are probably capped at about 5GB.

Computing stuff is too difficult.

Not sure what my download limit per month is to be honest.

Right, off to watch high-bandwidth movie trailers.

Goatboy wrote:
> Broadband rules.
> Now, do I sleep because I'm up at 03:30 for work...or do I enjoy this
> fastloading wonderland?...hmmm

You could have the best of both worlds and leave a download overnight.

Hurrah, I shall uninstall it then - it's causing nothing but trouble.
And Zone Alarm is installed, so I'm pretty safe.

Broadband rules.
Now, do I sleep because I'm up at 03:30 for work...or do I enjoy this fastloading wonderland?...hmmm

monkey_man wrote:
> I think the XP firewall will protect you if you turn off
> Norton...think.

It will, infact, the windows one is probably better.