On Thursday 06 June 2002 13:42, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > As you experineced the PPTP fails misereably and I had to give up or get > lynched by my family. :-) I haven't give up. As I've written in my message, the reason is clear - PPPD misbehaves. And there is not a slightest problem to fix the routes via ip-up. I've written the previous message and I'm writing this message from Linux connected to Matav + Netvision. And the things run. > On the whole they are ok, as long as you call > the ADSL group and ask for someone that knows cable modems for support. Or even better, ask for someone who knows Linux . They are good - at least better than your average support monkey. They at least understand you talking about some Linux or common computer issues. > > Your average support person has no idea and will try to help you by > changing your password, haing you wait until Tuesday night when the > linux person is in, etc. > > I have about one failure every two weeks that can't be fixed by either > loging on again or restarting the cable modem, about 50% the time on > Shabbat. Some are the cable companies problem, some are netvision's. > > I have a static IP, which is very helpful to me. I'd pay for it if I had > to, but then I'd expect better service so I could run a nameserver on > it. > > Support is much better if you set your dns to the cable company's which > always works, and then do a "traceroute -n cnn.com". When you call point > out the IP that it stalls at which is always the cable/netvision > gateway. > > Occasionaly you get a support person who does not understand traceroute > in specific or IP routing in general, however one that did not said he > was going to call his tech support to find out what it did and why we > would use it. > > On the whole, I'm very happy with it. Performance is usually good, > support is ok for something so new, and it has dramticaly improved my > teenaged son's understanding of human anatomy and physical relationships. > > IMHO it's much more reliable than the ADSL line we have at work, but > not as reliable as a frame relay line. If I were doing it for real, I > would rather have a 64k or 128k frame relay line as they are 99.99999% > reliable and cable is not. For use at home where I run a small mailing > list and have my family use it for web surfing, email, etc, it's great > and I would recommed a cable modem and netvision as the ISP to anyone. > > Geoff.
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