[ale] OT- Transition to fast access

[Klepinger, Aaron]

my experience with cable (Charter in Athens, and AT&T BB in Atlanta) has
been hit and miss.  i had no problems with Charter, but my AT&T would go
down a day at a time in the 1 month I had the service.  the days it did
work, it was FAST, though.  it was faster than my Bellsouth DSL (and i'm
close to my CO), even at the peak times.  with AT&T, I know they make you
give them your MAC address, so I might wait until I got the linksys to give
them your MAC.  

look @ the other routers, also.  i am unhappy with the performance of my
Linksys BEFSR41.  It needed resetting a lot for some reason (firmware
1.42.3) and the surfing is faster with the Linux router (using BEFSR41 as
switch only).  I think the firewall is basically non-existent on the
BEFSR41, also.  it seems real susceptible to DOS and other attacks.  the
1.42.7

http://www.firewallguide.com/hardware.htm
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/download/0/1327/BroadbandRouters.pdf
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,36134,00.asp

Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Routers May Allow Remote Administration Even
When This Feature is Disabled
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2002/Jun/1004604.html

DOWN with dial-up!  :)

Good luck,
Aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: Armsby John-G16665 [mailto:John.Armsby at motorola.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 8:53 AM
To: 'ale at ale.org'
Subject: [ale] OT- Transition to fast access


All,

I apologize for being off topic BUT I need to get off dial up.  Since I live
in Dacula, outside of Atlanta, dslreports shows I am 36,000 from the CO.

I have a few questions...

1.  Can I assume that (Earthlink) dsl is a complete waste of time?  For
$50/month I would like a decent speed.

2.  Charter Communications supports my area.  If I go with cable, is there
anything special I have to do when I want to connect the modem to a Linksys
switch/hub, enabling internal network access?  Do I have to register the mac
address of the Ethernet card with the provider and then change it if I
insert the Linksys unit?

John


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