[ale] Re: FYI - Charter Customers - Not specifically ALE related

[Michael Smith]

I am 
now looking at Telocity.  They offer an "external gateway"(probably just a 
router) and static IP's.  They are OS independent.   They don't 
care if you set up an ftp or web server either.  I know I'll only get 256kb 
upload but at least I can make use of the upload  Also, anyone 
have any experience with Telocity....besides the lucky guy who has the CO next 
to his home.  Also, I heard a Bellsouth technician talking about ADSL and 
how it's speed was actually throttled down due to FCC regulations.  Is 
there any truth to this?  Anyone know what the theoretical top speed could 
be for ADSL?

  <FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Bao Ha 
  [mailto:baoh at linuxwizardry.com]Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 
  11:10 AMTo: 'John H. Stephenson'; bill.cotton at myisi.com; 'Michael 
  Smith'; ale at ale.orgSubject: RE: [ale] Re: FYI - Charter Customers - 
  Not specifically ALE related
  Â 
  Is 
  BellSouth (Georgia) using PPPoE or DHCP?  BellSouth (Florida) is 
  using
  DHCP 
  which is very easy to setup.
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  size=2>Either way, put the Linux server to do masquerading and you are all set 
  to go.  We
  are 
  building Linux-based routers which can handle DSL/cable modems quite 
  well.
  In 
  certain DSL areas, it works much better than the Windows-based 
  Access
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  size=2>Manager, or even other routers like LinkSys.
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    <FONT face=Tahoma 
    size=2>-----Original Message-----From: owner-ale at ale.org 
    [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of John H. 
    StephensonSent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:15 
    PMTo: bill.cotton at myisi.com; Michael Smith; 
    ale at ale.orgSubject: Re: [ale] Re: FYI - Charter Customers - Not 
    specifically ALE relatedBellSouth FastAccess DSL is 
    finally available at my location. But I am worried about the warnings that 
    Bellsouth is giving on their site that says that the DSL service "may not 
    work with Windows2000." (See the Adobe pdf file at 
    https://fast1.corp.bellsouth.net/adsl/win2000.pdf and, please, no flames for 
    my using Windows!!!! :)I am currently running a TCP/IP LAN in my 
    home consisting of:1 Red Hat 7 Linux server1 Windows 2000 
    workstation1 Windows 2000 laptop1 Windows 98 workstationThis 
    network is set-up thusly:a Charter Cable COM21 Cable Modem (static IP) 
    > a Watchguard Technologies SOHO IP address sharing router/firewall > 
    HP Procurve 10/100 Hub > everything elseEverything is running 
    fine now (when Charter is up and running)!My questions (maybe 
    dumb)...Why does the DSL Modem care what OS is running on any of the 
    systems in the LAN? Can I use the DSL service the same way that 
    I am using Charter?Will the Linux server be "supported" by the DSL 
    service?Should I bother messing with the setup that is generally 
    working (even though Charter's service is marginal with a lot of 
    outages)?Thanks, guys.JohnAt 10:44 AM 12/7/2000, 
    bill.cotton at myisi.com wrote:
    Hey 
      Mikey! I just ordered 416/416 
      SDSL from Megapath a few days ago.  Megapath is one of the top rated 
      DSL providers listed on DSLR (dslreports.com).  I have a killer idea 
      for sharing the cost and bandwidth with my neighbors.  I currently 
      have three static IP address with Charter.  I will be curious to see 
      how they deal with me.  By the way, where did you get this 
      info?  I never know what's going on with Charter.  The last 
      couple of days I have had horrible cable modem service.  Do you have 
      a web site at your house?  I have a demo site, but the folks in 
      Switzerland always complain about it timing out.  I was think I would 
      have them try changing some of their TCP registry setting to allow for my 
      extremely slow upload speed. <FONT face=arial 
      size=2>B
      ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Michael 
        Smith To: <A 
        href="mailto:'ale at ale.org'">'ale at ale.org' Cc: <A 
        href="mailto:Bill.Cotton at MyISI.com">Bill Cotton (E-mail) 
        Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 3:01 PMSubject: 
        FYI - Charter Customers - Not specifically ALE relatedHere's an 
        FYI for those of you using the Charter Cable Modem serviceand have 
        COM 21 modems.  I just talked to someone at Charter 
        Communicationsand found out that they are taking all the COM 21 
        modems out of service.They are also moving to DHCP from static 
        IP's(major bummer).  They will bereplacing all the COM 21 
        modems with Surfboard modems within the next coupleoff months.  
        The major bummer is that they will still offer static IP's butat 
        $150.  I guess I might start looking at DSL again.  The static 
        IP was theonly thing keeping me on cable anyways.....Michael 
        A. SmithSenior Software 
Developer