I just got mine running with PPPoE. It works okay when it works. They have
problems sometimes in So. FL. On the PPPoE connection they give you an
Alcatel external Modem (only if you bitch). This is the one you want. The
IPs are dynamic and the download speeds are about 1/2 what the say (750 -
800). Use roaring penguin's PPPoE client B/C the crap that they give you
(Enternet) doesn't work... at least in my case. I had a problem NIC (old
ISA) andit did not authenticate. It was a problem, but with the Linksys 100
TX cards work fine. As for NICs, you can IP alias on one card (I've heard)
and set up the internal static IP as the alias.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 3:49 PM
Subject: [expert] BellSouth's FastAccess DSL Internet connectivity.
> Hi All.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with BellSouth's FastAccess DSL Internet
> connectivity and Linux? Specifically, I am looking for the following
> information:
>
> 1. Is it any good?
>
> 2. What DSL modem to they supply? I am running a laptop, so the PCI
> card option is out. I hear they can supply a USB one - is this Linux
> compatible? (I will be upgrading my kernel to 2.4.test-4 shortly).
>
> 3. Would ANY 10 Base-T network adapter suffice (as long as it is Linux
> compatible)?
>
> 4. They are very specific about their download speeds, but what is their
> upload speed (not everyone is a leech).
>
> 5. Has anyone managed to get this going with Linux?
>
> 6. I want to network my laptop to my Wife's PC so that we can both use
> the Internet at the same time - I take it that I will need two network
> cards in the laptop to do this. Any recommendations? (I don't want to
> do the Internet link directly from my Wife's PC if I can avoid it as the
> laptop is FAR more stable - her PC runs Win95, and my two kids [10 and
> 12] use it; 'nuff said...)
>
> 7. Would it be possible to set up additional e-mail accounts on the
> Linux box, so that e-mails could be sent direct to the box? I need this
> to get around the paltry 5Mb mailbox limit that BellSouth offer (an
> e-mailed document with a few embedded screenshots soon grows bigger than
> that!).
>
> 8. Does it offer a static IP address? This would make telneting to the
> machines a lot easier. (Maybe I'm just being hopeful - I used to use
> Demon Internet as my ISP when I lived in the UK, and even their dial-up
> accounts had static IP, unlimited e-mail addresses, etc. Heaven!)
>
> I think that's enough for now ;-D
>
> Although, if anyone knows of (and can point me to) a decent FAQ for this
> (other than the half-hearted attempt on their website), I would be very
> grateful...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ozz.
>
>
