On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 08:37:54AM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote:
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>On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 03:53:16AM -0700, Patrick R. Wade wrote:
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>> DHCP ; static will be available "later" and won't use the same kind of endpoint
>> (this according to our telco provider)
>>
>Are you saying the hardware will be changing?
The current hardware is proprietary to Paradyne's "MVL/Reach DSL" products;
the SDSL product that our telco provider is looking to offer to wholesalers
uses different endpoints. If you stick with the Reach DSL service, you will
not need to change endpoints.
>
>> >DNS services included? (or how much extra?)
>>
>> EXPN? Do you mean routable addresses at your end that map to
>> yourhost.yourdomain.tla?
>>
>I guess I should have been more specific :) For example I have a static
>IP with clipper.net that translates to MEUS0002.clipper.net. I was just
>wondering if there's not static IPs, if I would have a constant domain
>name (one that's easy to remember). One IP and one name is plenty, I can
>redirect by port once it gets here.
At the current time, you don't get a constant name. We are examining offering
static hostnames for DSL customers, so that you would always have
"username.members.efn.org" or some such.
>> For the consumer grade DSL incoming well-known services may be filtered;
>> the later-on SDSL product will allow full range of incoming services.
>>
>Not really what I understood from the FAQ, but OK. Any estimate of how
>much later?
>
Not yet, sorry.
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