Get DSL and Cable then buy a Xincom dual wan router. This will support 2 different internet connections or 2 of the same. You can have static ips or DHCP or PPoe on one or both wan ports. It does load balancing etc and its relativly cheap. It works great in a business enviroment or for home use. The router is less than $200 and work good if you set it up correctly. It will work with ADSL DSL Cable T1 Satalite etc.
Set a Boot password set a password to enter setup. Set a drivelock or hard drive passowrd. If you can disable boot from all devices except the internal hard drive. If the thief can not boot from a cdrom or any other USB device they must find the cmos battery which is different than the regular laptop battery. You will probably never see your laptop again but your average smash and grab thief will not be able to use the laptop and the guy he tries to sell it too probably will not give hime more than $20 for it because it will be a pain in the you know what to locate the cmos battery and pull it to reset the passwords.
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Get DSL and Cable then buy a Xincom dual wan router. This will support 2 different internet connections or 2 of the same. You can have static ips or DHCP or PPoe on one or both wan ports. It does load balancing etc and its relativly cheap. It works great in a business enviroment or for home use. The router is less than $200 and work good if you set it up correctly. It will work with ADSL DSL Cable T1 Satalite etc.
Set a Boot password set a password to enter setup. Set a drivelock or hard drive passowrd. If you can disable boot from all devices except the internal hard drive. If the thief can not boot from a cdrom or any other USB device they must find the cmos battery which is different than the regular laptop battery. You will probably never see your laptop again but your average smash and grab thief will not be able to use the laptop and the guy he tries to sell it too probably will not give hime more than $20 for it because it will be a pain in the you know what to locate the cmos battery and pull it to reset the passwords.