It was a big weekend here at the OS Quest Data Center so I figured I’d wait for the long weekend (made even longer with a vacation day on Friday) to end. With my switch to Comcast I have a little time with both DSL and Comcast since the DSL will run for another couple of weeks. A co-worker suggested I keep the DSL as a backup or to increase my bandwidth. Being a router guy he happened to have a Xincom XC-DPG502 router that he sent me. Since it [...] Read the rest »
Switching to Comcast
After much angst and with great trepidation I decided to switch my broadband over to Comcast. I called AT&T again to see if faster DSL was available and it’s not. I also checked Broadband Reports to see what other broadband providers are available to me. There really isn’t an alternative to give me higher speeds than my current DSL other than Comcast. So my choice came down to staying with my current 1.5Mbps/364Kbps DSL connection or switching to Comcast. With no DSL upgrade in sight and more and more annoyances [...] Read the rest »
Wireless Returns
My replacement DSL Modem/Router/WAP arrived yesterday. Actually it arrived Friday but I wasn’t home so I didn’t get it until Saturday. I received the 2Wire 2701HG-B Gateway and ordered it directly from AT&T (my DSL provider). It contains the ADSL2+ broadband interface, four 10/100 Ethernet ports and 801.11b/g wireless support. My previous post discusses why I needed a new gateway. Setup was a breeze even though I kept waiting for a problem to pop up. I had expected to just go to a web interface and be able to configure [...] Read the rest »
