RE: [Nolug] Linux-friendly DSL providers

Hi Ray.

That's correct. ISP's can offer either static or dymanic IP's using PPPoE.
The IP will be "assigned dynamically" via PPPoE, but the ISP can set it to
always be the same IP.

John

    John Souvestre - Southern Star - (504) 888-3348 - www.sstar.com

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From: owner-nolug@nolug.org [mailto:owner-nolug@nolug.org] On Behalf Of -ray
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:47 AM
To: nolug@nolug.org
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Linux-friendly DSL providers

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Joey Kelly wrote:

> I work as a part-time tech for Gulf South Internet (http://www.gs.net),
> another Metairie-based ISP. Gulf South charges $50 per month with a setup
> fee, and does not block ports. Jesse Palmer and his dad run HP, BSD and OSX
> in their NOC, so he is also a geek like us, though he doesn't run Linux, to
> my knowledge. The downside to his service is that the cheaper DSL offerings
> (the ones you guys are most likely to choose) are PPPoE, which isn't fatal,
> but it's an extra hassle.

Do these isp's offer the new 3meg DSL service? I'd heard from i-55 that
changes at Bellsouth now REQUIRE them to use PPPoE for 3meg DSL.
Previously you could just hardcode your static IP. You can still get a
static ip, but it must be assigned over PPPoE.

ray

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