On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 01:30:33PM -0800, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: > Well, as you probably know, DirecTV is stopping all operations... > In our area, we have 2 choices - Verizon (@$80/month), and Earthlink > (through Covad @ $65/month)... Easy choice, huh?
Neither! If you have the option of Earthlink/Covad (Earthlink as ISP, Covad as the CLEC with equipment on the other end of your copper at the local phone office) then can't you get Covad/Covad (Covad as ISP and Covad as CLEC)? If so, spend $5 more a month than Earthlink/Covad and go Covad/Covad and get a static IP address and no blocked ports. (Earthlink has been known to block ports.) > Only problem is that I may need to change over to PPoE from > DHCP. I have a RH6.2 box. Yes, the Covad Soho product is still PPoE, but it includes a physical Zyxel router that does the PPoE for you. Your computer gets DHCP and NATing from the Zyxel. > What do I need to do the switchover, should I need ot? I think you can just plug in to the Zyxel. > (Upgrading to 8.0 is _NOT_ an acceptable answer). It is going to get harder and harder to keep 6.2 secure, Red Hat appears to be on the brink of no longer producing patches... I bought 8.0 this weekend (gotta support Red Hat every couple releases) and installed it on the kitchen computer. I can't get ntp to work (couldn't before either) but so far it looks good. If it keeps pleasing I will put it on my notebook next. My basement server is still on 7.2, don't know when I will be upgrading it yet. Disclaimer/Claimer: Though a coworker has had Covad soho service for a few weeks now and is very happy with it, I use a different DSL provider but I have put my money where my mouth is: I just so happened to order Covad soho service earlier today. (Luckily my current DSL is on a different copper pair so I can have an overlap in service...if nothing messes up.) -kb, the Kent who doesn't like the blocked ports of his current DSL--they are willing to unblock them but can't seem to figure out how. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
