[H-GEN] adsl help

[David Duffy]

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>On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, David Duffy wrote:
>
> > Robert Brockway had a lot of trouble setting up RH7.3 and PPPoE for a 
> friend
> > of mine with their Telstra ADSL connection. In contrast, I had my Internode
> > one up & running in less than an hour even with a few stuff-ups on my part.
> > Don't get me wrong - the MSS issue was the real pain with the Telstra one -
> > nothing to do with what Robert had/hadn't done. I can't speak highly enough
> > of my ISP. (Internode)

Nikolai:
>I have setup both telstra adsl and internode adsl, there are some
>differences. Notably telstra requires the use of pppoe and provide
>crappy usb modems (my main problem in getting the damn thing going),on
>the other hand internode uses a bridging modem (I used a dlink dsl-300)
>- a bridging modem does not require pppoe and is easier to setup.

The Internode service requires PPPoE for a dynamic IP connection whereas
the static IP connection does not. I have one of each set up with RH7.3 in
different locations. I bought my own DSL-300 for both systems.
David... 


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