Once again its called PPoA which stands for Ppoint to Point over ATM, and you do send TCP/IP Packets over the phoneline. set ppp wan0-0 ipcp(I believe this is IP protocol not sure what the c means) 0.0.0.0 which is how you manually setup the IP Connection for your Cisco678 DSL Router not Modem.
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 1:53 PM Subject: RE: [OT] Qwest + 678 > > So with the DMT stardard, the modem and the hardware on the other end do > NO error correction themselves? I find that hard to believe. I am not > trying to make enemies here, but what you are saying is illogical. The > reason we HAVE a DSL modem is that we can't send tcp/ip directly over a > phone line. Its encoded into some other format (which I don't claim to > know the details of - DMT/CAP/etc..), and there has to be some kind of > error checking. It would be unreasonable to think otherwise. > > -Chuck Hays > > > > On Sun, 2001-10-07 at 14:24, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > > > > > Why is this so definately "malarky"? You don't think its > > > possible that > > > through a higher level of error checking you could introduce several > > > (15-20) milliseconds of additional latency? I don't think its utterly > > > ridiculous as a possibility. > > > > Error checking and correction built into the TCP/IP protocol, and is handled > > at the receiving host. There is no error checking of packets by routers. > > > > StanTheMan > > TheHardwareFreak > > www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
