The answer is it depends, but most likely yes. In most situations, the older gear should work. Most Cable providers are doing basic dhcp or statics. However, some may still be associating mac's and hostnames with IP's. There shouldn't be any reason that an older piece of gear won't work as long as it attaches with a cat-5 cable in most situations. As I'm a Network Engineer for a Cable provider in the Southern Suburbs, my answer should have some validity. ============================ Daniel Rysztak, CCNA http://www.druids-grove.net/ -----Original Message----- From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org]On Behalf Of William Titler Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 12:48 AM To: tcwug-list at tcwug.org Subject: [TCWUG] older wirelss routers/AP and cable/DSL All, a friend of mine has asked me if he could use a one of the older (circa 2002) wireless routers or AP from Netgear or D-link that are not labeled as DSL/cable compatible with their Cable modem connection. Having setup a few networks with newer Netgear hardware and realizing that the router did have a portion of the setup that took some info from the ISP I was not sure. The other question is do you recommend a wireless router or an Access Point for single computer setups. If you are wondering why not just go with the new stuff, it is price there are some older routers/APs out their that are $20 or so. Examples are D-Link:DI-746 and NG:HE102 William Titler ________________________ William Titler | Datanautics Tel 612.823.5432 Fax 707.516.0730 william.titler at datanautics.com _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list