Which option, on a budget

zAbbo

My line just passed in a Eircom/ IOL enabled area.

Now here goes,

I have a pc with a wirless card + Nic, Laptop with wireless card + NIC

I want to connect the adsl to the pc, and wireless it out to the laptop for browsing(sounds easy enough through connection sharing)

So i have to choose which product, as it stands I`m not gonna buy a hib/router/modem, just gonna go with whatever iol/eircom offer.

Eircom give an ethernet modem(which suits me) while IOL give a USB one.

The line would be used for browsing and the odd online game.

I`m siding with eircom, do i get to choose any particular modem when going with the starter packs. If so which modem is best.

Thanks for any help

PaulMagrath

I don't think you get any choice with the starter packs with eircom - you certinly don't with IOL.

IOL is cheaper though if you are on a budget and, quite frankly, as eircom has trottled this service at 512k, the advantages of ethernet don't really make up for the more expensive service with a smaller cap that eircom offers compared to IOL.

Ripwave

Originally posted by PaulMagrath
IOL is cheaper though if you are on a budget and, quite frankly, as eircom has trottled this service at 512k, the advantages of ethernet don't really make up for the more expensive service with a smaller cap that eircom offers compared to IOL.

Huh? The advantages of ethernet have nothing to do with speed.

Given that the guy has a PC and a laptop, both with ethernet cards, the Eircom offering actually works out cheaper over the course of a year than the IOL option, because you can actually plug two PCs into the eircom modem (one into the USB port, and one into the ethernet port. He'd have to spend more than the €50 he'd save by going with IOL to buy a DSL router.

Assuming you don't put any monetary value on your soul, of course.

PaulMagrath

Oh for god's sake:

READ THE POSTS BEFORE YOU RESPOND!!!

He says he has a wireless LAN card in both machines. Therefore he can share his connection with WinXP ICS by connecting the modem to the USB port of either!

PaulMagrath

And no I don't put a "monetary value" on my soul, FYI!

tonky

bazH:
Eircom supply the Netopia Cayman 3341.
IOL supply the ZyXEL USB Prestige 630.
I have both of these here.
The Netopia is (IMHO) the more desirable and professional looking product, with Ethernet, NAT and DHCP. I went with this connected to a small 4 port ethernet hub
wired to the MACS and a Basic PC Wireless 802.11 AP for the Win laptop.
As you have both wireless and Ethernet cards in your PC, it should be easy enough to setup with the Netopia.
What wireless system/access point are you using as a matter of interest?

Ripwave

Originally posted by PaulMagrath
Oh for god's sake:

READ THE POSTS BEFORE YOU RESPOND!!!

He says he has a wireless LAN card in both machines. Therefore he can share his connection with WinXP ICS by connecting the modem to the USB port of either!

I did read the original post (apparently I paid more attention to it than you did, because he said he has wireless and ethernet in both machines).

But he didn't say that he wants to have to turn the PC on so that he can access the Internet from the laptop, or that he wants to leave the PC on 24 hours a day.

Using ICS will cost more in time, effort and even electricity that doing the job properly, after a very short period of time.

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by PaulMagrath
Oh for god's sake:

READ THE POSTS BEFORE YOU RESPOND!!!

Do you have to keep jumping down people's throats all the time?

bazH, I'd go with the Ethernet modem. Alot more reliable/hassle free than USB modems.

PaulMagrath

Originally posted by Ripwave
he didn't say that he wants to have to turn the PC on so that he can access the Internet from the laptop, or that he wants to leave the PC on 24 hours a day.

He does however say that he doesn't want to buy a router.

PaulMagrath

Originally posted by Frank_Grimes
Do you have to keep jumping down people's throats all the time?

Sorry.:rolleyes:

Ripwave

Originally posted by PaulMagrath
He does however say that he doesn't want to buy a router.

Are you the same PaulMagrath that said READ THE POSTS BEFORE YOU RESPOND!!!?

The original poster said as it stands I`m not gonna buy a hib/router/modem, just gonna go with whatever iol/eircom offer.. Which is exactly why I pointed out that the eircom modem would allow him to plug both machines in at the same time.

sirlinux

Do eircom supply the Netopia Cayman 3341 on the current free modem offer? thats a nice device, ive seen a few, they blow those awful usb thingies away.

tonky

sirlinux.
Yep. 3341 is shipped as "free modem" by Eircom. Nice device alright, loads of features, esp browser config. Playing with it over the weekend, waiting for BB connection on Monday/Tuesday.

zAbbo

Thanks for ll your info, unfortunatley there is no prize for the best reply, so theres no need for the competitive replies

To clarify, my main pc, is the one in which i will be hooking the dsl into, then using a wireless pci 11g card(smc) to share connection with my laptop 11b(smc usb yoke). IF i wanted to use MS ICS on the lappie, i dont mind switching on my main pc, or even i can plug directly into the adsl modem, thus eircom show better here, as i can plug pc and lappie using direct connects to the modem at the same time.

After giving this loads of thought im going with the EIRCOM package. The fact that its a lower cap doesnt really affect me as i have a college connection (10MB or so) for warezy

Again thanks for your replies