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Internet Connections Computer Pals for Seniors – The Hills Peter Fowler Two PCs Using Microsoft ICS 192.168.0.1 60.241.40.39 Ethernet NAT DHCP Ethernet NIC Modem NIC Dial Up ADSL Cable Wireless Cross Over Cable 192.168.0.2 Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) NIC Ethernet (red) Cat5 or Cat6 Ethernet (blue) Cat5 or Cat6 October 2007 v1.1 Peter Fowler 2 Three PCs Using ICS + Hub 192.168.0.1 60.241.40.39 Ethernet NAT DHCP NIC Modem NIC Dial Up ADSL Cable Wireless 192.168.0.2 Hub 192.168.0.3 NIC NIC Ethernet (blue) Cat5 or Cat6 October 2007 v1.1 Peter Fowler 3 Three PCs Using Router 192.168.0.2 NIC Dial Up ADSL Cable Wireless Modem 60.241.40.39 192.168.0.3 NAT DHCP NIC Router 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.1 October 2007 v1.1 NIC Ethernet (blue) Cat5 or Cat6 Peter Fowler 4 Three PCs + Router + Firewall 192.168.0.2 SPI Firewall Modem NIC Dial Up ADSL Cable Wireless 60.241.40.39 192.168.0.3 NAT DHCP NIC Router 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.1 October 2007 v1.1 NIC Ethernet (blue) Cat5 or Cat6 Peter Fowler 5 Four PCs + Router + WAP 192.168.0.2 SPI Firewall Modem NIC Dial Up ADSL Cable Wireless 60.241.40.39 192.168.0.3 WAP NIC SSID: network WPA-PSK Security Pass Key: xxxxx Router 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.1 MAC Address 00:0f:b5:8b:af:93 October 2007 v1.1 NIC 192.168.0.5 Peter Fowler 6 Modem / Router / Firewall / WAP 192.168.0.2 NIC Dial Up ADSL Cable Wireless Modem 60.241.40.39 192.168.0.3 WAP NIC Router 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.1 October 2007 v1.1 NIC 192.168.0.5 Peter Fowler 7 Internet Service Providers (ISP) • • • • • • • • Provides high speed access to global Internet Provides an Account with Username & Password Allocates an IP address (dynamic or static) Provides access to Domain Name Severs (DNS) Provides a 5MB POP mailbox to hold your emails Provides a Help Desk for when you have problems Tracks your usage, issues bills and collects payment May also offer Website Hosting & Spam Filtering etc October 2007 v1.1 Peter Fowler 8 ISP Plan Parameters • Technology – Dial Up, ADSL, Cable or Wireless • Speed – 64kbps all the way up to 8,000kbps • Download – 200MB to 12GB per month • Price – $14 to $90 per month October 2007 v1.1 Peter Fowler 9 Typical ISP Plans Plan Speed BigPond Dial Up 64kbps/64kbps 50MB $13.95 BigPond Dial Up 64kbps/64kbps 100MB $19.95 BigPond ADSL 256kbps/64kbps 200MB $29.95 BigPond ADSL 1,500kbps/256kbps 400MB $49.95 BigPond ADSL 1,500kbps/256kbps 12GB $79.95 BigPond Cable 8,000kbps/128kbps 200MB $29.95 BigPond Cable 8,000kbps/128kbps 400MB $49.95 BigPond Cable 8,000kbps/128kbps 12GB $69.95 BigPond Wireless <3,000kbps/<384kbps 1GB $84.95 October 2007 v1.1 Download $ per Month Peter Fowler 10 ISP Choice • Limited by technology – Cable only available from BigPond & Optus – Wireless available from BigPond, Optus, Virgin, Unwired, iBurst, Vodaphone, 3, Soul, iRoam, Spin Internet and a few others • Majority of the 236 ISPs support Dial Up and ADSL – Using Telstra’s CAN and Exchanges October 2007 v1.1 Peter Fowler 11 Information Sources • Whirlpool (http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/) is a huge source of information on anything to do with Internet connectivity • Nearly 230,000 members Australia wide • Details of ISPs, Plans, Modems • Forums & Knowledge Base October 2007 v1.1 Peter Fowler 12 Why Local Area Network (LAN) • • • • • • Share an Internet connection Share a printer to all users Share files across all users Share hard disk storage Transfer information Wireless mobility October 2007 v1.1 Peter Fowler 13 Wireless Networks (Wi-Fi) • • • • • • • • Use IEEE Standard 802.11 Indoor range below. Outdoors can be 3x Data rates are theoretical – often much less 802.11a – 54Mbps / 35m range / 5GHz 802.11b – 11Mbps / 38m range / 2.4GHz 802.11g – 54Mbps / 38m range / 2.4GHz 802.11n – 248Mbps / 70m range / 2.4 & 5 GHz 802.11n standard to be finalised Sept 2008 October 2007 v1.1 Peter Fowler 14 Network Hardware • • • • • • • Modem NIC Hub Switch Router WAP Firewall October 2007 v1.1 – Modulator / Demodulator – Network Interface Card – ‘Dumb’ Ethernet connector – ‘Smart’ Ethernet connector – Connects two Ethernet Networks – Wireless Access Point – ‘Border control’ for TCP/IP Peter Fowler 15