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

[Jeff Hubbs]

I dunno about theoretical max, but from ftp.twoguys.org I can get a sustained
1300Kbps via Telocity.
- Jeff
Michael Smith wrote:
 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?

-----Original
Message-----
From: Bao Ha [mailto:baoh at linuxwizardry.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, December 08,
2000 11:10 AM
To: 'John H. Stephenson';
bill.cotton at myisi.com; 'Michael Smith'; ale at ale.org
Subject: RE: [ale] Re: FYI
- Charter Customers - Not specifically ALE related
 
 Is
BellSouth (Georgia) using PPPoE or DHCP?  BellSouth (Florida) is usingDHCP
which is very easy to setup.Either
way, put the Linux server to do masquerading and you are all set to go. 
Weare
building Linux-based routers which can handle DSL/cable modems quite well.In
certain DSL areas, it works much better than the Windows-based AccessManager,
or even other routers like LinkSys.Bao

-----Original
Message-----
From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On
To: ale at ale.org
Behalf Of John H. Stephenson
Sent: Thursday, December 07,
2000 11:15 PM
To: bill.cotton at myisi.com;
Michael Smith; ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Re: FYI
- Charter Customers - Not specifically ALE related
 

BellSouth 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 server
1 Windows 2000 workstation
1 Windows 2000 laptop
1 Windows 98 workstation
This 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
else
Everything 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.
John
At 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.
B
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Smith
To: 'ale at ale.org'
Cc: Bill Cotton (E-mail)
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: FYI - Charter Customers - Not specifically ALE related
Here's an FYI for those of you using the Charter Cable Modem service
and have COM 21 modems.  I just talked to someone at Charter Communications
and 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 be
replacing all the COM 21 modems with Surfboard modems within the next
couple
off months.  The major bummer is that they will still offer static
IP's but
at $150.  I guess I might start looking at DSL again.  The
static IP was the
only thing keeping me on cable anyways.....
Michael A. Smith
Senior Software Developer