On Saturday 02 October 2010 05:15:10 John Andersen wrote:
You're hooking into a modem right?
No, I have no modem
Really? You got cat 5 right from the street into your house?
Yes. They just cut the cable by scissors just outside my flat and made a socket to connect it to another cable by the other provider. With former provider I had unlimited (no traffic charges) 5 Mbit/s Internet and 100 Mbit/s LAN plus torrent re-tracker so I could download torrents from Internet with 100Mbit/s speed. Outcoming Internet speed was not limited (up to 100 Mbit/s) With new provider I have unlimited 10 Mbit/s Internet but no LAN. But there is a "turbo button" on their site, by pressing which I can speed up to 50 Mbit/s for an hour. Also the outcoming speed is limited according the subscription. With old provider I had to use PPPoE so to connect Internet (otherwise I had only LAN access), with new provider I have direct connect to Internet with real IP. I can connect up to 5 devices to Internet which all will get separate real IPs for free, since the whole port on the router is assigned to me. The IP addresses will change only if I change the hardware as the IPs are assigned by MAC address automatically. With old provider I could connect only one computer and if I changed the hardware I should phone them so they register the new MAC address. The real IP changed from session to session. Also my subscription to the new provider is twice cheaper than the old one (about $8/month). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org