Subject: Re: DSL vs. Cablemodem
From: Christopher Erickson (cerickson@gci.net)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 09:51:30 AKDT
Broadcast traffic is in a different COM21 ATM layer-2 VLAN and does not
count against your bandwidth utilization.
-Christopher Erickson
Jamie Hushower wrote:
>
> After a disappointing* stint with GCI cablemodem service, I am switching
> back to DSL. The memory of a painful PPPoE setup on Linux looms in my mind-
> granted, it has been a few years. In comparison, the cablemodem/DHCP setup
> was as simple as installing dhclient and pointing it to the appropriate
> interface. I have heard a lot of good things about Roaring Penguin and
> notice that it is included in Redhat's distribution. Can anyone recommend
> for or against dealing with Roaring Penguin or any other PPPoE facilitator
> versus using a Linksys router (which I already own) in front of my Linux
> firewall? I am impressed with the simplicity of Linksys' cablemodem/DSL
> router setup... Thanks.
>
> -Jamie
>
> * If you have cablemodem service, you come to expect portscans, various
> broadcast traffic, and windows SMB announcements to take up a fair portion
> of your monthly bandwidth allotment. Why should I pay for all of that
> traffic?
>
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