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About how much do those Alcatel Modems or a couple cases of the beer=20 cost? You know there is a cafe right down the road from where I live now that sells that brand of beer. I have never seen it before (except in the coke machine) --mat || "First things first -- but not necessarily in that order" -- Dr. Who, "Doctor Who" On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 14:08, Edmund Cramp wrote: > Hi Kory, >=20 > Agreed - BellSouth tech support sucks although the installation > engineers generally seem to know what they are doing. I have BellSouth > at home and have been very happy with it - I just don't ever call tech > support and I don't try to use the modem to do anything other than act > like a modem. >=20 > The last time I spoke to BellSouth there were two DSL options for > home - a USB thingy or an Alcatel SpeedTouch modem. I'd recommend the > SpeedTouch Modem which is what I use at home - it's a 10BaseT network > device - I connect it directly to a NetGear DSL router and use the > Bellsouth installation CD as a Beermat. > The standard Bellsouth DSL service is a dynamic IP but since the > NetGear router supports the DYNDNS service you can register a domain > name and have it resolved automagically. This approach is completely OS > independent with the Netgear router doing NAT so that I have a private > network in the house. >=20 > If you want to try this approach I have both the Alcatel modem and > NetGear Router spare - I'd be willing to swap both for a couple of cases > of Shiner Bock... >=20 > The ASCII network map looks like this: >=20 > DSL --->[modem]---->[Router] > +--------------- NT box > +---------- FreeBSD box > +---------------- XP-Pro box > +------------- Redhat box > +------------------ SLIMP3 >=20 > -- > Edmund Cramp > http://www.emgsrus.com/graffiti.htm >=20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of Kory Wnuk > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:31 AM > > To: BRLUG > > Subject: [brlug-general] Bellsouth DSL Connection > > > > > > Has anyone who formerly had a DirectTV DSL (formerly > > Telocity) connection switched to the BellSouth plan? > > Or is there anyone who is currently using the > > BellSouth DSL connetion? If so, is there anything I > > need to be aware of when attempting to setup my new > > DSL account? Since I am running Linux and the setup > > is geared toward users who are running Windows, I am a > > concerned. Thanks for any help that anyone is able to > > provide. > > > > Kory > > > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > Failure is NOT an option! That is why I use Linux... > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --=-WSzAm6H1/gRAkAK/1LH3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+HJHqspqwy6JoKBgRAr7+AJ4oJLb1c55AWVWQi+6NBgUGO3IvXgCdEqhD fcwoLb5TGprI9TI5/qfcB98= =JMmS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-WSzAm6H1/gRAkAK/1LH3--
