[ale] DSL -> Cable

[James Sumners]

Currently, I use Speed Factory for my ISP. I'm still on the old 3Mb
service with a static IP so the monthly fee is kind of pricey. I would
like to drop my Bellsouth service and get Vonage's $15/mo service. To
do that I would have to move to cable for my internet service. I am
only able to get Charter where I live so I know I would have to use
them.

My setup is like so. I have an old Pentium II machine acting as my
gateway. It is connected to the DSL modem which is setup for pass
through mode. So the gateway is authenticating with Speed Factory via
PPPoE.

My question is this: If I move to charter, would the same setup work?
I know I would have to get a cable modem but I don't know how I would
authenticate; I've never used cable for internet connectivity before.
I would prefer to have the "modem" pass everything through to the
Linux box so it can manage the connection.

Also, I imagine I would have to deal with a dynamic IP again. How does
the PPPoE client deal with that? If Charter assigns a new IP every few
hours (or days) should I notice any hiccups in service?

-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

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