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Mike Burger wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Phillip T. George wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Unless you're using busness services from SBCGlobal or have a router,
then you're going to have to set up PPPOE. I'm not sure what the steps
are for this, but someone else on the list may know.
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<pre wrap="">Even with business class service (DSL, that is), current/new accounts need
to use PPPoE. They stopped allocating via straight DHCP quite some time
ago (I'm using a business class SBC DSL account, and I work for SBC).
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<pre wrap="">OUCH. Personally I prefer Cox cable. DSL seems to suck, especially
when its PPPOE.
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I'm going to have to disagree, somewhat. I don't have to share my
bandwidth with the others in the surrounding neighborhoods, and I haven't
lost my DSL connection yet, which I can't say with my previous cable
connection. In addition, I've got multiple IPs, and because my DSL
modem/router (Netopia Cayman unit) is handling the authentication for
PPPoE, I don't have to worry about whether or not my firewall computer is
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Mike,<br>
Where are you located? Also, have you even tried cable--that whole
sharing neighborhood thing is usually a load of crap. Around here they
give out 4Mbps standard...they recently decided to upgrade. My
bandwidth has never suffered, unless I'm connecting to a slow site (in
which case, I make sure its not my bandwidth, by checking another site).<br>
-Phillip
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