I can remember when I got my first bike..............{ouch}
Mark
<mark@bish.net To: SLUG <slug@nks.net>
> cc:
Sent by: Subject: Re: [SLUG] Cable to DSL conversion
slug@lists.nks
.net
02/15/2002
01:31 PM
Please respond
to slug
PPoE? Ouch, not the best in the world.
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Bill wrote:
> Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!! It's here! It's here!
>
> The techie from Ameritech called at 8:10 am to verify what equipment she
> needed to bring. By 9:10, she was gone and it was working on ONE Windows
> machine.
>
> I set the Linksys router to PPoE and applied the change, then adjusted
the
> cabling (basically just had to move the wire from the cable modem to the
DSL
> modem). Reboot everybody and I'm back in business. :-) It was that
simple.
> She left behind a SpeedStream 5260 modem and 5 line filters which I don't
> seem to need.
>
> My DSL contract calls for 768/128 with one IP.
>
> Here's what the Ameritech lady says I have:
> Down Up
> Min 768 160
> Max 6987 727
>
> It *does* feel "frisky". One thing I am noticing that is dramatically
> different is that it takes Kmail a LOT less time to upload an email. I am
> accustomed to about a 10 second wait. What is funky about this is that I
am
> still on the Comcast email servers and still connected via the same eth0
> through the same router. Why would the behavior of Kmail change when all
I
> have changed is the mode of transmission?
>
> Okay ... so the basic setup was a breeze. I still have lots more work to
do.
>
> I can't find fault, of any sort, with anything I have experienced so far.
The
> line came up immediately, the speed is excellent, both Ameritech and
WWNET
> have done exactly as they said they would ... so far it's all good. The
one
> surprise (Kmail) is a good one.
>
> Bill
>
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