Re: about ADSL

[Hector Akamine <akamine@example.com>]

Thanks to everybody for the advice.

> Technically its a walk in the park. You can use a variety of NAT solutions despite the nature of the service. Now legally? I'm not sure about that... The fact is they would almost definitely not find out.
> 

I have seen in Sofmap that those routers are not so expensive ( less
than \20000 for a router with a built-in hub for 4 PCs. Do you know if those
broadband routers are "plug-and-play?" Is there the possibility that
those don't work if the ADSL provider change the settings of their
network?


Hector

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Osaka Metallic is offering a service called Home1600, in which you pay 5700 
> \/month and you get 1.6Mbps/288kbps, and 1 global dynamically-assigned IP 
> address. In the FAQ included in their site, they say that using this 
> service it is only possible to connect 1 PC.
> 
> I have read in DOS/V Magazine (2001/1/15 issue) that using a "broadband 
> router," (I suppose one of those boxes that say "router for CATV/xDSL") you 
> can connect more than one PC. Two questions: 1) Is it technically possible? 
> 2) Is it "legally" possible?
>