On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Corvin Russell wrote:
Another way of asking my question would have been, what does the phone company need to do to make my DSL connection work? (Bear in mind I know nothing about networking.) My general guess was that my phone line must connect directly to some kind of router in the phone company's 'switchbox' that directs my phone number to the machine that provides me with an IP address etc. The problem is then, if two private individuals (remote wrt each other) want to establish such a link via their phone lines, how do they do it? It seems obvious that there has to be some kind of router that can connect one machine to the phone number, if we assume that the first machine isn't on the internet and so isn't able to resolve IP addresses etc. So my intuition was that without a leased line, such a link would be impossible, unless the phone company made it possible. This intuition seems to be confirmed by the story you refer to. But since the idea was to cut the phone company out altogether... Presumably, of course, the phone companies could enable modem-like xDSL dialup capability if they didn't stand to lose lots of money that way, by allowing phone subscribers to use all the frequencies available on the phone line. Or am I wrong?
I think you need a pair of wires, 2 DSLAMs, and 2 bridges, actually.
A much simpler case of my question would have been, given two computers with Alcatel bridges in the same room, what further technology (if any) would be required to connect them (possibly via a third computer) via xDSL?
I don't know if you can just connect the two bridges together, although it could be as simple as that. I have a feeling that you need the DSLAM equipment for signalling, etc. Greg -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq