RE: [SLE] Bellsouth DSL question

From: Greg Wallace (jgregw_at_acsalaska.net)
Date: 07/11/05

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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:43:53 -0800

    On Sun July 10 2005 8:11 am, Paul Cartwright wrote:

    >On Sun July 10 2005 8:11 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
    >> Why not use the modem supplied by them? And then use a router,
    >> (Linksys, Belkin, etc.) to do the connection. That way you have a
    >> somewhat functional firewall and can connect multiple PC's to the
    >> net. Benn using that setup for years with Sprint/Earthlink but
    >> should be the same with Bellsouth.
    >I have a linksys router behind my cablemodem now, I had planned to use
    >it when we moved, even though I only have 1 PC connected ( right now).
    >the router can make the connection ?
    >--
    >Paul Cartwright
    >Registered Linux user # 367800
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         If your router is a typical Linksys router, you should be good to go.
    Your router should have built-in PPPoE connection capability. You should be
    able to go to your Linksys setup screen, find where the connection is
    >define, and find some sort of drop-down box where you select the type of
    connection. Mine shows "Obtain an IP automatically", "Static IP", "PPPoE",
    >"PPTP". I have two ISPs, one cable modem and one DSL. I use "Obtain an IP
    automatically" for the cable modem AND "PPPoE" for the DSL. Whether your
    ISP provides a modem or it is of the newer types without a modem, I would
    think that would be transparent to your router, since Greg Freemeyer
    indicates it's still PPPoE. I would assume the only difference would be
    that you'd just plug directly to the phone jack for IFDL instead of them
    supplying you a modem to connect through.
         There is an additional setting on my DSL, which I assume is typical
    (it's a Linksys). I have a choice of one of the following --

    1) Connect on Demand: Max Idle Time n min.
    2) Keep Alive: Redial Period n sec.

    You select one of these and then supply a number for n. On my machine, I
    have found it works best with option 1 with a setting of 9999, meaning,
    basically, keep it alive forever and, if disconnected for some reason,
    automatically attempt to re-connect if I "demand" a connection (I e., if the
    connection gets dropped and I try to go to the web, automatically try to
    reconnect me).

    Greg Wallace 

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