Hi all

Theres been a heck of a lot of messages on-list overnight to do with the Ni500.

I have set one of these up and have it running on a JetStart line 24/7 ATM.

First up, the Ni500 is a ROUTER. It does not support Pin-Holes, but it does
never-the-less support more than 1 client on the LAN.

Second, it is a "modem" technically as it "modulates" and "demodulates" analog
signals (albeit much higher in the frequency range than its cousin the 56k
modem). It may be called "DSL" but its still done using Analog technologies -
this has been discussed in the list and is in the archives somewhere.

Third - as it is a ROUTER, it will support MacOS, Windoze, Linux, and pretty
much any modern OS that has a working TCP/IP stack.

Finally - to set it up without a Windoze box you'll need to RTFM, and you'll
need some sort of Terminal Emulation software (it comes with a Null-Modem
cable). The modem does support TELNET, but I found it to be a pain, as each time
you switched off a certian PPP protocol (I forget which) the ethernet port would
stop responding. Hence the need for a serial-cable config to save the changes.

Hope that clears up the confusion over the Ni500.

Rgds,
Pete

Pete Mundy - Technician
Advanced Communications
+64-3-546-9169 / +64-25-480-840
E-Mail: Pete@AdvComm.Co.NZ

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Received on Fri May 4 08:30:14 2001