[Re: [lug] DSL in Denver?]

[Brian Ketelsen]

My External Cisco 675 works wonderfully with any of the OSen I've thrown at
it:

YellowDog Linux
MacOS 8.x / 9
RH Linux
Win 95/98/NT4/2000
BeOS 4.5

It is especially nice to have a 10/100 interface on the 675 so my whole
network stays 100Mb/s.

The DHCP server portion seems a bit flaky, so I just assign static IPs in
the same range as the Cisco's available IP pool.

HTH
Brian Ketelsen


----- Original Message -----
From: Justin <glowecon at netscape.net>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Re: [lug] DSL in Denver?]


Viggy <LittleViggy at alum.manhattan.edu> wrote:
> Are you in an apartment?  Is this a fairly new housing complex?  There
> are a couple of reasons why you cannot get DSL (or ADSL):
>
> 1)  You have to be within 15,000 feet of the CO (phone switch).  This is
> 15,000 feet of wire, not 15,000 driving, or line of sight.
> 2)  Some of the "older" new housing complexes was wired with fiber
> optical cable to support all of the houses, and any "upgrades" (i.e. a
> resident orders two more phone lines, etc.).  Fiber is not compatible
> with ADSL.
> 3)  If this is an apartment complex, and old enough, the phone lines
> might be multiplexed.  In other words, USWest puts more than one phone
> number on a physical pair that leads into the apartment building.  ADSL
> is not compatible with this setup.
>
> Viggy
>

I can get DSL and I am familiar with all the technicalities that involve
getting it installed (I work in the telecom industry). I was more curious as
to what modems people are using with linux and what isp's are offering
decent
service.

Justin

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