[wplug] DSL prep

scoob8000 scoob8000 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 7 19:03:08 EST 2008


Yeah, there's nothing you need to do on the computer aside from setting it
to obtain an
IP address automatically (DHCP).

Exactally, adding another PC is as simple is plugging in the network cord.

Don't sweat the filters, worst case everything will still work without them,
you'll just
hear a hissing on the phone as long as the modem is linked up.  You can hook
them up
anytime, it won't hurt.

There's still a good few independants like us around, many times we're far
more advanced then the
big guys because we're small and can focus on the customers more so.  We
don't really get any
competition from them, but our biggest concern is Comcast, Time Warner,
etc.  Those big cable
companies can sell their unregulated (so they don't have to gaurentee any
service) phone service for
such a low rate, it's hard to compete.

They just took over Adelphia out here, so it's going to be scary once they
start building.  I think
our customer service alone will be enough to save us.  As for DSL, it's
nothing like Comcast advertises.

With some of the newer technologies, I can push upwards of 30megs across a
DSL line.  :)

Never made it to a WPLUG meeting, I've been meaning to come to an
installfest with my laptop for
years, just never got around to it.

I'll try to get that modem out to you by the weekend, I'll let ya know when
I do.

-Mike

On Feb 7, 2008 4:08 PM, Neal Sofge <neal_sofge at rand.org> wrote:

> > How would I test to see if it supports bridge mode and how would I
> > enable it?
>
> Depends on the hardware.  Check the manual or dslreports.com etc.
>
> > Bridge means two network devices on different networks are able to
> > talk to pass information?
>
> In this context, it's that the modem won't be doing NAT or PPPoE or
> anything else to the IP-level stuff going over it.  It just changes
> phone line signals into Ethernet signals, and that way you can do
> whatever you need to via a single configuration interface in your
> cheap router.
>
>
> --
> Neal Sofge, Web Technology Analyst
> RAND Corporation <http://www.rand.org/>
>
>
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