[ale] bittorrent issues with Bellsouth
Jeremy T. Bouse
jeremy.bouse at undergrid.net
Fri May 16 09:13:39 EDT 2008
Geoffrey wrote:
> Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
>
>> Hmm... I downloaded the Fedora 9 DVD image via bittorrent the other
>> night myself. I'm on a 6MB AT&T/BS DSL line... I started it when I went
>> to bed around 10:30pm and it was just finishing up while I was enjoying
>> breakfast the next morning at 6am.
>>
>> Now if it matters, I have my AT&T/BS provided modem in pass-thru
>> mode and have a Linksys device running OpenWRT doing the PPPoE
>> authentication. I also do my own QOS throttling on my side as well. Only
>> problems I've had with my line is the sudden unexpected disappearance
>> and reappearance of dial tone one time that no one can give me a
>> straight answer on and the fraking port 25/tcp outbound blocking.
>>
>
> I have a similar set up, although my modem is not 'AT&T provided.' It's
> certainly a better one then what they give you though. Pass-thru here
> with a smoothwall firewall doing the pppoe.
Well I do have a Sangome S518 ADSL PCI modem card that I've used
before, it's just I can't put the computer in the Leviton Structured
Media cabinet.
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