KingCobra

As previously stated, you'll need a 64bit processor based machine to run it.

According to pricegrabber.com, the price is competitive. It has a connector for an external antenna so thats a good thing. FYI, the Buffalo Tech router I recommended is rebated down to $48 on buy.com. That's a solid price on a solid router.

Yes.

Get the http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=11&categoryid=6

Yes.

What were your before SP2 and after SP2 results? I saw zero impact to my speeds.

It's the same unless the account principal is part of an AD domain.

You wonder about a lot of things.

Telnet and POP3 are two different protocols and have nothing to do with each other.

No ports are blocked on the static plans. Port 80 is still blocked on the dynamic plan. In fact, for that reason, there's no reason to ever purchase the dynamic business plan unless you want the business desk tools, separate billing and dial-up access.

Hello, This time next week (unless bad stuff happens) I'll be running on the static ip address business plan.

Netmasta, The firmware you cite is for a rev C DI-624 but that isn't what is used for the FIOS implemetations.

currently, the only support firmware versions are those that ship with the hardware, and those that are located at http://www2.verizon.net/micro/dlink/Default.asp?

See http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;829469 for the official KB article. See http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;829473 for the WinXP SP2 specific instructions. See http://support.microsoft.com/pchalofaq for the remaining FAQS.

There are multiple threads here and at dslreports.com that discuss this topic. The bottom line is that you are not required to purchase the Verizon wireless router just to have a wireless network. Most people are getting the free wired router (DI-604), then connecting any previous wireless access points or bridges to it.

So your Verizon supplied router is upstairs?

You can do some quick checks to determine cause.

It would have been a hell of a lot easier using Virtual PC 2004 or VMWare. The problem with his implementation is that he can only run one at a time. With a VM syle product he could run several of the OSes at the same time. Multi boot is SOOOO yesterday.

None of the Microsoft wireless hardware products include bridging support.

The simplest couple of things to try, if you haven't done so already, is to run the latest version of DirectX and the Nvidia drivers. Get DirectX 9.0c at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0A9B6820-BFBB-4799-9908-D418CDEAC197&displaylang=en and go get the video drivers at http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_71.89.html

You all fixed?

you bastard...

Yea, it's pretty funny how greedy we get. But, on the other hand, who wouldn't want another 1.5meg of upload speed for free?