I have already been aware that the IP address I get from cable can stay the same for months on end. I would still prefer a static IP not to mention that there are a number of services bundled in the package.
I was dissapointed when benchmarking to find though plus net's service is 2 meg as is NTL, NTL's benchmark speed is about 1.95meg vs plusnet 1.5meg at best even though we are only about 0.5km from our exchange.
I should check with plusnet to see if there is a problem. I already have Netgear looking at it. Is it just me who inspite telling them more than once that I am an IT professional with plenty of networing experience I still get paronised as though I don't know what socket to plug things in. The best bit was when the email said the wan socket was the one on it's own next to the antenna. My VPN router is not wireless and has no antenna!
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by: Mrclean0325Posted on 2006-02-04 at 11:05:31ID: 15873230
You will need to check with the ADSL company - some will not allow other routers to work with their networks - only their modem/router and they sometimes charge extra for more computers. Getting your VPN router to work may not be possible in this scenerio. You may want to experiment ith your cable connection as most times the IP address will never change - even not being a static IP. The bad news is that you are now probably locked into a contract with the ADSL company and are stuck with it. Hope this helps!