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DevilSalil · Jul 5, 2005

what is the difference between LAN modem and USB modem??

Sushubh · Jul 5, 2005

1 enters the network card. other the USB port. one needs no login, the other needs login. one takes away the capability to setup webserver/ftpserver the other does not 😉

shouvik · Jul 5, 2005

Originally posted by Sushubh@Jul 5 2005, 07:49 PM
1 enters the network card. other the USB port. one needs no login, the other needs login. one takes away the capability to setup webserver/ftpserver the other does not 😉
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How much does USB port cost?

Sushubh · Jul 5, 2005

renting it from airtel is a better idea.

blr_p · Jul 6, 2005

How satisfied are users with the LAN modem option ?Does the connection hold for days on end ? Or does it drop the connection regularly.I'm having to consider LAN as my laptop does not do USB2, and my experience with USB netowrking has not been too good.

Sushubh · Jul 6, 2005

we restart the lan modems once in a couple of days when we sort of feel that the speeds are getting lower. but that is mostly psycological.

blr_p · Jul 6, 2005

Can you note if your IP address has changed when you restart the modem ?If it does then hoggers are being put into a slow(er) pool. But i'm thinking not. Since a reset is fairly quite quick meaning that your IP address would not have been grabbed by some one else. I am also assuming you are running an OS that can deal with such IP changes w.o requiring a reboot like 2K or XP.

Sushubh · Jul 6, 2005

well ofcourse IP changes. and i doubt if restarting will get u the same IP... and speed is constant on airtel. we have not noticed any drop down in speeds after restarting the modem at anytime.

blr_p · Jul 6, 2005

Was trying to figure out whether the slow down was coming from the LAN modem or because of "other" reasons 😉 If you get a new IP, then yes the speed should be as you expect. I have a friend in Oz that does this when he notices a slowdown, to get assigned to a less crowded pool.Getting the same IP back has happened to me when i was on a cable modem in the US. Does not happen every time but can happen. Sometimes i would lose the connection and was told to do a ipconfig /release folowd by ipconfig /renew. They did 24hr leases on the IP so had to do this in case of a hiccup.

Sushubh · Jul 6, 2005

well we restart just randomly... slowdown i said is just psycological... 🙂

DevilSalil · Jul 6, 2005

if i use the LAN modem, will it affect downloading or uploading from p2p apps. i dont have an extra USB port.

Sushubh · Jul 6, 2005

i have already said we get fair enough speeds...

coolbuddy_79 · Jul 6, 2005

getting the same IP on restart is pure luck and completely by chance...there's nothing to make sure that u get the same IP that u had before the restart...coz u get the IPs from a pool of IPs...if u get the same quite often, that means that all the IPs have already been taken from the pool and most of the ppl don't restart their modems... 🙂

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