Can a Mac be used as a router?

Can I create a virtual router?

Can I send a signal from inside the virtual router to outside?

Can I create some kind of communication channel, like SIP or H323? In short : Yes it's possible, and yes it's called a VoIP provider. The general answer is that you would have to use open protocols. And most likely SIP & H.323 are what you're looking for.

In a VoIP system the main idea behind these protocols is to be able to talk between devices. The following wikipedia page may help you understand this better. In addition, this question may help you get started -. Voip/IP provider on Windows. Hope this helps.

Is Virtual router free?

As I have understood there is a basic virtual router you get with a DSL Internet connection.

It is free for unlimited downloads. I cannot find an account manager to add more features to the service so I am not sure what features this virtual router gives for example. I can see where some internet companies allow their customers to "upgrade" their account, but they give you something for your money and that means extra features. Does the free software give you the option to download unlimited movies or mp3s etc? This does not seem to me what most people would want when paying for something. So in other words, how good is this service? And if I add more hardware do I have to pay more for it? Do I still get this Virtual router and can it run all I would like? I dont want to pay for something I cant use.

Comments. I just wanted to add that I just got myself 3 months ago a VDSL line with a virtual router. The only thing is I've had it set up to be used as a Wireless LAN in the house and then switched back and forth every time when my mobile phone calls are being picked up. It works quite well, you just have to switch the line off/on. But if you have wireless in the house you need a cable line of some kind and maybe more then 1 wifi access point. They have a number of models that they can give you and each one is different. They provide all the setup and maintenance details on their site.

Hi jimbo33. We are not really talking about free, we are talking about the speed of access you will get. It will work out what rate you are paying to your ISP and offer you the best available speed with the lowest latency possible.

The speed is the key, not how long it takes to set up. And even for that, you would rather have dial up access as the set up is more easy but has a longer lag as you have to wait and wait for some people.

I would never pay for an account manager to manage my line. To have someone that has less experience that you manage your line.

And for home router setups they usually have a built-in security (firewall). You get an average of 20mbit/s for a home line using cable from BT and I assume thats around 5-8 for DTV (VDSL).

Can a Mac be used as a router?

I want to use a Mac as a router for my home network.

I have a Linksys WRT54G router at the moment, that has been working fine for a while. I also want a way of running my own domain name servers. The Mac is going to be connected via an ethernet cable to the modem and the other computers in my home via wifi.e. The Mac will also have an IP address in the same subnet as my other computers.

Is there any reason this won't work? Thanks. Phil. The only thing I could think of is that the Linksys supports the dd-wrt firmware for the routers. I doubt your Mac would run dd-wrt, but it never hurts to check. There are a couple of other firmware types out there for the dd-wrt family, but they aren't nearly as stable as dd-wrt.

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How do I make my Mac a virtual router?

Macs are pretty neat and all, but the number one feature that I love most is wireless freedom.

With the Mac, I can easily bring my work computer (iPad, Windows PC, Android phone) along to my coffee shop without it being annoying inconvenience, because it's totally wireless. Well, guess what? The MacBook Pro 13 doesn't have a wireless connection. Now, I know a lot of people would think about that but there is an AirPort, so it should be wireless but no, because the magic box only works as a Wi-Fi hotspot, but it sucks. There's nothing in the configuration to allow a virtual router, so but Mac laptops usually come with Firewire ports, so hmm. Well, let's look at Firewire: Yes, Macs can firewire! It says it supports USB 2.0 transfers. So, yeah. It's super cheap. I'll be setting up two more Macs this year so I don't have to drive home to the office every day. We need to do better and fix this.

Well, we need to change how the Mac works a little, so it's just a router instead of a hotspot. We will have a bridge adapter that's built in with USB, gigabit Ethernet ports, and Thunderbolt that's the same size as a mini tower. One port can support both, too, so we could even plug in an actual mini tower, but we don't want to buy one of those things because they are expensive. The Thunderbolt port is a mini thunderbolt chip that's 1/8, so it doesn't add size.

That's all fine and dandy, but there's still a very big problem: The mac needs to support multiple protocols. Apple's solution is just to say Apple's firewall isn't as restrictive as Windows or Linux, so Sure. But what if someone wants to support other protocols on their Mac?