I'm getting ready to install

[reyd reid reed]

my DSL. Wish me luck.

:scared:

(a technical wizard, I ain't)

[av8rdave]

1. I just want to say good luck...we're all counting on you

[reyd reid reed]

3. Thanks.

I suspect I'm gonna need it.

:eyes:

[AllegroRondo]

2. be sure you have a good firewall

assuming you are upgrading from dial up. DSL is always on, and succeptable to hacking/fishing expeditions, where someone may try to deposit nasty software on your computer. A friend asked me why their computer was running so slowly, turned out it had been taken over and was sending spam like crazy.

[reyd reid reed]

4. I've had cable for the past several months, but I'm getting ready

to disconnect the cable service, so I'm going to DSL. Until a week or so ago, I had Norton stuff but that was making my computer CRAWL, so I took it off. Now things are a LOT faster -- but I've gotta get something else.

Any suggestions?

[AllegroRondo]

5. If you had cable, you know what to expect.

but you absolutely MUST have a decent firewall. I like Norton myself, but McAffee makes a decent one too. Im sure the computer geeks on here can direct you to other good products.

[bikebloke]

6. I unplug my modem.

I can't see wasting electricity when I'm sleeping, at work and out and about on my bike. It only takes a few minutes to reconnect.

[reyd reid reed]

7. I've done that with my cable modem sometimes.

At the very least, I'd turn it off.

And I never got the DSL installed...and now I'm internetsless at home. That oughta motivate me, at least.

:P