Cutting the Cord Part 2: The Waiting

[John Moniz]

On 05/01/2013 07:56 AM, Paul Mora wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org 
> <mailto:evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>
>     My FTTN modem/router has arrived. They refused to deliver it to
>     the door, it had to be picked up at a post office of my choosing.
>     It's a Sagemcom 2864, plastered all over with Bell branding; it's
>     apparently called the Bell "Connection Hub". Too-sparse manuals
>     included, awaiting the Bell tech setup next week. Given that I'm
>     going from Cable to DSL I have the luxury of a two week transition
>     period of having both Internets up.
>
>
> One word of advise about the Sagemcom 2864. It works not only as your 
> modem but also has a GB switch and USB ports that can share printers 
> and disks on your network. It even has UPNP built in, so you could 
> share media to your TV or other devices. But the firmware is crap; 
> there's no decent firewalling in it, other than port forwarding. And, 
> I'm told, the wireless in it (it does wireless N) is also weak.
>
> If you want to use the router you were using in your cable setup, you 
> can simply leave the modem at it's unconfigured factory defaults, and 
> plug a cable in from port LAN1 on the modem, to your WAN port on the 
> router. Then configure all the Teksavvy PPPOE stuff on the router. The 
> modem will then work in passthrough mode, and you'll have the same 
> flexibility as before.
> pm
> -- 
> *Paul Mora*
> email: paul-HzDep54A8sA at public.gmane.org <mailto:paul-HzDep54A8sA at public.gmane.org>
>
Paul, just to clarify, if your recommendation is followed, will the 
Sagemcom 2864 still be able to share printers and disks on the network 
through the USB ports?

Thanks,

John.
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