Not sure I follow all that, but guess the upshot is bridge mode is OK? That or buy a PCI modem.<br><br>Actually, I live in Sq. Hill, but we seem to be just beyond fios, unless things jave changed recently.<br><br><span style="font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;">SFK<br><br></span><span id="signature"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color: #999999;">-- Sent from my Palm Pre</div><br></span><span style="color:navy; font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; "><hr align="left" style="width:75%">On May 26, 2010 6:26 PM, Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org> wrote: <br><br>
<font size="2"><div class="PlainText">On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 17:32 -0400, Scott F. Kiesling wrote:<br>
> My biggest specific question is whether I should have the Westell<br>
> modem connect in PPPoE (as it is now), <br>
<br>
PPPoE on Verizon is only for some legacy coverage areas. Most people in<br>
the city just get bridged onto a massive DHCP-enabled WAN VLAN, like<br>
Comcast. <br>
<br>
When you dump, you can see all the Mac and Windows users broadcasting<br>
NetBIOS and Bonjour/Avaiha onto the WAN because they dont filter<br>
multicast address ingress.<br>
<br>
> or to put it in bridge mode. I<br>
> have heard in bridge mode you have to reset every day, so I am a<br>
<br>
Never heard of that, but it sounds like its time for you to raise a<br>
little bit of hell with Verizon.<br>
<br>
BTW, Sangoma makes PCI ADSL2 modems (its not really a modem) and you can<br>
get them on Ebay extra cheap these days; FreeBSD/Linux drivers are<br>
included on the CD.<br>
<br>
Best solution may be to simply move into the city.<br>
<br>
<br>
~BAS<br>
<br>
> little leery of that. <br>
<br>
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