[Re[2]: [Re: [lug] DSL question]]

PC Drew drewpc at colorado.edu
Sun Apr 23 17:49:55 MDT 2000


Thus spake Justin on Sunday, April 23, 2000, 11:42:44 AM:

J> <snipped>
>> Who's your ISP?  US West uses PPP, not bridging.  Most ISPs around
>> here, I thought, used PPP too.
>> 

J> I am using Interfold as my isp. I "believe" since I have an always on
J> connection it uses the bridging mode. Anyhow, the cisco has a sticker on the
J> bottom of it that shows it's default configuration, and it says "Bridging".
J> According to the Cisco doc's in this mode the router basically functions as a
J> wire connection from the CO to your computer and nothing else. This is how the
J> cable modems worked, if I understand correctly.

take a look at this page:
http://www.interfold.net/megabit.html

What's interesting that under the "type" column, everything is PPP,
not bridging.






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