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I know this is a really old thread but I was reading some old messages and am wondering how things have changed since then. dog@intop.net wrote:
I have been using bellsouth adsl for almost 2 1/2 years now with linux.
I lost track but I think it is more than 3 years now for me.
when i got it, i heard the standard "We only support windows 95,98,NT" so
I still get this but don't really care. I just tell them I have Windows 98 and they are happy (dual boot).
I put an extra nic in my win98 machine, ordered the service, got an
That was how I did it too
alcatel speed touch home external modem, had the tech hook it up to the
Is this what they are still offering? I had heard that you can only get the internal ones now. Does anyone know if this is true? I have one of the earlier Alcatel 1000 modems and it is still working but one problem I have is that my line quality is not very good (I get lots of crackling in phone calls) and my model is too frequently dropping off line. Does anyone have any comments to offer on this subject? Are newer modems more able to keep a connection under adverse conditions?
along ever since. they dont do mac address authentication anymore, but
They still do with me
rather force the pppoe connection on you, which is fine for surfing, etc,
I suppose that if I ever get a new modem, I will get this?
to go though is to just get one of the linksys dsl/cable routers. they do pppoe,port forwarding, ip masquerading, packet filtering, logging, etc and
Does anyone know if this kind of connection will drop out after some time of inactivity like the dialup connections can do? If I had the pppoe, would I have to do something to hold the connection?
dont have to have an extra pc sitting around just do some packet
I suppose that it would use less electricity too
filtering. i have nothing to say but good things about the techincal part of bellsouth adsl - it has been fast (160K/sec downloads are norm) ,
when it works :-(
consistent, reliable (less than 2 days downtime in 2 1/2 years), easy to
You are very fortunate. Mine is down almost every day at some time.
have a laptop with windows 95 that has no usb ports and their only option
I'll have to remember that one if I ever have to get a new modem Damon Register