Re: [Nolug] Cable or DSL?

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:19:20 -0600, "Joey Kelly" <joey@joeykelly.net>
said:
> > I was wondering Joey, what do most people prefer when running Linux?
> > Cable or DSL? I have my own preferences and went with business cable
> > recently. Mainly only because of the blocked ports on the residential
> > service. What are your preferences? And I was wanting to hear some
> > experiences when setting up a system with DSL especially PPPoE.....
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
>
> I guess it depends on what you're doing. However, when all is said and
> done,
> there's really no practical difference between the two. You get a megabit
> or
> so down, and a fraction of that upstream. Linux and windows work fine
> with
> both.
>
> Linux and probably BSD work fine with PPPoE or PPPoA, but there are a few
> adjustments you have to make, such as monkeying with your MTU.
> Fortunately,
> there are plug-and-play firewall distros available that handle that for
> you
> automatically (IPcop and SmoothWall come to mind here).
>
> I used to have DirecTV DSL (formerly Telocity), and now use Cox. Both
> worked
> with few problems.
>
> Ok, I've had my say. Others will flame me, of that I have no doubt ;-)
>
> --
>
>
> Joey Kelly

I vote for cable even though I can't stand sending money to Cox each
month. I have never played with PPoE, but I am sure it is easy enough
for any geek to figure out.

Brett
http://www.brettsbsd.net/~estrabd

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