On 07/03/06, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > Telstra 2Mbit down/2Mbit up, 10GB, incl line rental $102. Good chance of > static IP (though I haven't checked).
Yes, cable plans are still provisioned with a static IP. > Latency close to the floorboards, > and a modem which is only restricted in capability by the features of > your Linux kernel. Basicly the cable modem acts as some sort of dumb (transparent, sort of) ethernet bridge. Plug it into your network card and use your network set-up tool to enter your Telstra-supplied IP address, gateway address and subnet mask. Official line is "We don't provide technical assistance for linux" - however, they are always happy to tell you your IP address, gateway address and subnet mask. Ditto for dial-up - no tech help for linux, but username, password and dial-up number provided to any linux user who needs to set up their linux box. Assumption is that most linux users know more about their own computer than any phone tech support person will ever know (although I have talked a linux newbie thru kppp set-up once and didn't get in trouble for it). Yuri -- ** WARNING to mailing list repliers ** Gmail over-rides "Reply-To:" field. Check your "To:" address before sending reply to this post.
