Re: [SLE] Verizon DSL

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:23:43 -0500, you wrote:

>My son gets DSL from Verizon in the next couple of days. I have to do the
>setup........is it just a matter of installing the hardware and then auto-DNS
>to the NIC?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Fred
>
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I also have Verizon DSL. It depends partly on if he's getting static
or dynamic IP address. If it's static, there's no modem setup - plug
it in and configure your firewall. If it's a dynamic IP address, the
procedure isn't too different, but you'll need to make a few settings
to the modem using a browser - it's all www based. Verizon support is
actually pretty good, so you shouldn't have too much trouble with the
settings. They do use several different modems though, so you'll
pretty much have to go to their support people. One bit of urgent
advice I'll give you though - set up a caching DNS as soon as you can
- the response times on Verizons are lousy.

Mike-
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