[ale] ADSL???

[Steve Lockhart]

Check out :

http://www.bellsouth.net/external/adsl/

sdl

Dave Brooks wrote:

> I didn't think BellSouth was offering ADSL service in Metro Atlanta yet?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Ricker <kaboom at gatech.edu>
> To: Christopher R. McNabb <ilive at mindspring.com>
> Cc: ALE List <ale at cc.gatech.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] ADSL???
>
> >On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Christopher R. McNabb wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know of a way to do Linux and ADSL?  I refuse to use
> Microsoft
> >> products due to security issues, and I would need to build another box to
> >> run NT (another I dont think sooo!)  My other known option is Mac, and
> I'd
> >> much rather use Linux if I can.  There HAS to be SOMEONE who's found a
> way,
> >> or at least is working on it.
> >>
> >
> >I set it up yesterday.  It was incredibly easy, once I realized that it
> >wasn't working because my NIC was set to 10-base-2 instead of 10-base-T
> ;-).
> >
> >Basically, ADSL is completely independent of your platform, assuming you
> can
> >get a 10-base-T card and a TCP/IP box in your machine.  In my case, I just
> >hooked the digital modem up to a serial port, logged in over minicom,
> >configured the modem for the settings my phone company wanted, then changed
> >my machine's IP to the one my ISP gave me.  After that, I was up and
> >running.  It's quite impressive.  The only problem is that it makes a
> slight
> >background hiss on the phone line, but I can live with that to be getting a
> >speedy download at the same time....
> >
> >later,
> >chris
> >
> >--
> >Chris Ricker                                            kaboom at gatech.edu
> >                                               chris.ricker at m.cc.utah.edu
> >