Q: I just read a little something from Buy.com:
buy.com review (http://www.buy.com/retail/reviews/product.asp?sku=10336746u0026loc=u0026PageFormat=4)
This Guy complains that his problems had split a T1 with D-Link DI-624 wireless router, called customer support and they finally told him that his router is just flat out does not it.
Does Does anyone know if this really true? I am thinking of buying one, they are sale.
D-Link product link (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6)
Re:If there is no CSU/DSU on the router (which there isn't…not on that kind of a router) then you cant. Period. End of story. Close the book.
Plugging a T1 circuit into an Ethernet port and expecting it to work is like having someone speak Farsi to a West Texan and expect them to understand and comprehend everything. T1 and Ethernet are different languages, so to speak. You can think of a Router with a CSU/DSU in it as a translator. Without a CSU/DSU, the router is just another West Texan that doesn't know how to speak Farsi.
Re:aw man, isn't it always the way?? Type up a real nice response and it gets sucked into the black hole never to return.
Thanks for the effort though. I was pretty sure you must be able to split up a T1 with that router, probably by disabling the dhcp stuff and let the school's routers handle the new IP's
Re:Well, I had a nice detailed explanation of why you cant do this typed out, but apparently either Anandtech's servers or my ISP decided to take a momentary leave of abscence, and I lost the post when I hit reply. I'm not gonna type it all again, so here's the basics of it
Basically, T1 is a different physical medium than Ethernet. If there is a T1 coming into the dorm, theres a dedicated CSU/DSU terminating it, and router translating it into Ethernet. Ethernet is what goes into the dorm rooms and what they're plugging into their routers.
You cant terminate a T1 with router that only has Ethernet ports on it, gotta have the CSU/DSU.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Uh, how are they doing it at Tom's then?
Using your router on campus (http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article31-page1.php)
I'm not entirely sure if my post is correct but I'll try to explain anyway. The universities probably already have a CSU/DSU and router (as guy) mentioned. The students are just hooking up their router as a switch or a router onto a router. Tom's Hardware recommends using either a switch or a router with DHCP disabled (which essentially makes it a switch). Hope this helps.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I just read a little something at Buy.com:
buy.com review (http://www.buy.com/retail/reviews/product.asp?sku=10336746&loc=&PageFormat=4)
This guy is complaining that he had trouble splitting a T1 with his D-Link DI-624 Wireless router, called customer support and they eventually told him that his router just flat out won't do it.
D-Link product link (http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6)
that is totally wrong. I used Dlink 614+to support about 45 computers before I put a firewall router.
Re:Uh, how are they doing it at Tom's then?
Using your router on campus (http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article31-page1.php)
Re:nope…a t1 needs a CSU/DSU and a router.
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