Question : Share Office T1 Line

An office next door has a T1 line, we want to share it with our office. Can we just run a crossover cable from their switch into a regular linksys router on our end?

Thanks!

Answer : Share Office T1 Line

what you could do is pulg it into their internal LAN switch. They then give you a free internal IP (on their network for you to use) and a mask and their router IP for your gateway.

You then get a littl firewall applaince such as a WtachGuard X Edge.

Then on its external interface put in the settings the guys next door gave you.

Then on internal interface use your internal lan settings. Such as 192.168.1.254 (this will be the IP of firewall) and mask.

Then on your network give everyone the gateway of 192.168.1.254

you could do the same with a simple router though as well.

regards

Richy