On 27-Aug-00, Alan Havlik wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I'm currently thinking about having ADSL internet connection on Amiga.
> I could easily get T-DSL here in Germany, but would it work with Amiga?
Since I'm here in the States, I don't use T-DSL, but I can tell you that
ADSL in general does work with the Amiga.
> As far as now I found out (I think so) I would have to upgrade from Miami
> to MiamiDx to get PPPoE support which German Telekom uses for its ADSL.
> I found nothing so far about possible drawbacks and/or incompatibilities
> regarding software support. Or are there some?
Once you have MiamiDx properly configured for the connection, there should
be no incompatibilities with any of your internet software.
> On the other hand I would of course need an Ethernet board. I understand
> I should at best get either X-Surf or Ariadne II, for both of them support
> full duplex (what the hell is this anyway?) on 10-Base-T connection, and
> 10-Base-T is necessary for connecting to T-DSL. Is this basically correct?
> Is there something else I should consider?
I use an Ariadne-II here and it works great. I have it set to half-duplex
since I have it connected to a 5 port hub. My wife's PC is also connected
to the hub, and the ADSL modem is connected to the uplink port of the hub.
This configuration lets both computers share the ADSL connection, as well as
talk to each other via the LAN I have setup here.
> Last but not the least I'm wondering if this all would realy suffice for
> the promised bandwidh (768 kbit/s down & 128kbit/s up) or is the ethernet
> board going to be the bottleneck limiting the overall download speed?
My ADSL connection is 1.5mbit/s down and 128kbit up, and I easily reach
those speeds with the Amiga and Ariadne-II board. No bottleneck involved
here, since I can get the full 150K/s when downloading from the net, and up
to 600K/s when downloading from the PC.
> Is anybody out there who already has a working ADSL connection using
> PPPoE (preferably from German Telekom) who can confirm the whole thing
> works and maybe tell how good it really is? For it wouldn't be very
> clever of me to order T-DSL first and find out it won't work for whatever
> the reason may be afterwards, won't it?
I can't confirm T-DSL will work, but if I remember correctly there are
people on the Miami and/or MiamiDx mailing lists that have made it work.
> Thanx in advance.
>
> Alan
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