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Posted by Burkhard Ott on October 16, 2007, 5:18 am
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Am Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:36:39 +0700 schrieb Cornelia Parsley:
Hello,
> Do I really need a router?
no you don't.
> Could I not just go to Network Connections | Network Tasks | Create a new
> connection and use the New Connection Wizard to Set up my connection
> manually?
> (Though my ISP refers to this type of connection as PPPoE LLC and not
> PPPoE).
Sure you can, it uses the same stack.
> Also, the Trouble Shooting list of the Quick Installation Guide points out
> that the TCP/IP setting in network adapter of my pc should be set to obtain
> and IP address and DNS.
I'm pretty sure you have 'receive setting automatically' on your network
adapter, that is all you need. The same thing happens in the router itself.
> Currently, the Service TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper is Disabled as are SMB and RPC
> over TCP/IP.
>
> Must these services be re-instated to achieve ADSL connection?
No.
cheers
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