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

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Is 
BellSouth (Georgia) using PPPoE or DHCP?  BellSouth (Florida) is 
using
DHCP 
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way, put the Linux server to do masquerading and you are all set to go.  
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are 
building Linux-based routers which can handle DSL/cable modems quite 
well.
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certain DSL areas, it works much better than the Windows-based 
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: owner-ale at ale.org 
  [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of John H. 
  StephensonSent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:15 PMTo: 
  bill.cotton at myisi.com; Michael Smith; ale at ale.orgSubject: Re: [ale] 
  Re: FYI - Charter Customers - Not specifically ALE 
  relatedBellSouth 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 
  server1 Windows 2000 workstation1 Windows 2000 laptop1 Windows 98 
  workstationThis 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 
  elseEverything 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.JohnAt 
  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 
      PMSubject: FYI - Charter Customers - Not specifically ALE 
      relatedHere's an FYI for those of you using the Charter Cable 
      Modem serviceand have COM 21 modems.  I just talked to someone at 
      Charter Communicationsand 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 bereplacing all the COM 21 modems 
      with Surfboard modems within the next coupleoff months.  The 
      major bummer is that they will still offer static IP's butat 
      $150.  I guess I might start looking at DSL again.  The static 
      IP was theonly thing keeping me on cable anyways.....Michael 
      A. SmithSenior Software 
Developer