Re: DSL

That's what they gave me, a little paradyne box. Must have a built in modem.

Kevin Miller wrote:

>Matthew Dunaway wrote:
>
>
>>As far as I can tell, there is no DSL modem. He just plugged the
>>router into my computer and the telephone line into the router
>>Kevin Miller wrote:
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>>
>
>Oh. Hard to do DSL w/o a DSL modem. Here in Juneau they're using little
>Paradyne boxes. I had to go over to their office and pick it up. You might
>check w/them to see if you're supposed to. The line guy just took the DAML
>off the line, and they did something at the CO to tie the phone into the
>internet. I got the Paradyne box and pluggeed it in myself. You can do it
>one of two ways: ACS<->DSL Modem<->Router<->Computer(s) or ACS<->DSL
>Modem<->Computer. If the latter, you'll have to set up the NIC on on the
>computer to do PPPoE. I've never done that, so I'm not sure what's
>involved.
>
>Was it your router, or one that the guy brought? If ACS provided it, I'll
>bet it's not a router, but actually the DSL modem. If it is, it's much
>simpler to get a little Linksys or Netgear or Dlink SOHO router and plug
>into that. Plus you can have multiple computers on the internet at the same
>time that way...
>
>...Kevin
>
>
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Received on Tue Oct 4 08:32:22 2005