Website for standard home routers for the less IT inclined?
August 15, 2004 2:02 PM Subscribe
I'm an IT guy. I have a dad who's less than brilliant with setting up routers, using routers, and "what the hell are they for anyway?" I'd love to spend hours telling him, but is there a site that shows a good generic way to set up standard home routers?
I have sent folks to practically networked before and it has been pretty helpful. Poke around there and I bet you can find a page that fits your needs.
posted by Richat at 6:42 PM on August 15, 2004
posted by Richat at 6:42 PM on August 15, 2004
if you've got good/friendly/helpful tech support from your isp, they could probably talk him through it.
posted by juv3nal at 9:31 PM on August 15, 2004
posted by juv3nal at 9:31 PM on August 15, 2004
Just explain that he needs a router that supports BGP if he wants to multi-source his internet access. If he doesn't need a T1, SDSL to back up the T1, cable modem to back up the SDSL, and a pair of dial-up lines to back up the cable-modem, then anything the dude at CompUSA recommends will be fine.
Oh, and make sure he gets a router with dual redundant power supplies, and UPSes for each.
posted by Kwantsar at 11:06 PM on August 15, 2004
Oh, and make sure he gets a router with dual redundant power supplies, and UPSes for each.
posted by Kwantsar at 11:06 PM on August 15, 2004
No help with the setup, but --
"what the hell are they for anyway?"
posted by nakedcodemonkey at 12:18 AM on August 16, 2004
"what the hell are they for anyway?"
posted by nakedcodemonkey at 12:18 AM on August 16, 2004
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posted by tetsuo at 2:29 PM on August 15, 2004