Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 06:54:00 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: ptacek@mcn.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Portland, FreeBSD, and DSL Message-ID: <199906231154.GAA09831@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199906230713.AAA23927@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Jun 23, 99 00:13:14 am"
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In a previous message, David Greenman said: > >Sorry if I am a bit off topic here but I > >am looking for some advice. I will be > >moving to the Portland area in about 1-3 > >months and need to get DSL service. > >Basically I would like to get suggestions > >on ISPs that offer DSL in the Portland > >area. How difficult is it to get FreeBSD > >set up with them and what kinds of service > >do they offer for the price (bang for buck). > >I will need at least one static IP, more > >would be nice but I can use NAT. Since I > >don't have a place yet, any recommendations > >on certain areas. What is the best way of > >finding out if someplace is DSL capable > >before committing, can they check a line > >without a phone number. Can I find out where > >the DSL capable stations are so I don't waste > >my time looking outside the 2-3 mile range. > > > >Also I see there is a FreeBSD users group in > >the Portland area and I look forward to > >learning more about it once I get there. > > Both GTE and USWest will do line quality tests for free and tell you what > speed(s), if any, will work at a specific address. With GTE I think they > wanted a specific phone number (since they test that specific line in the > case of multiple lines at one address). > The DSL modem just acts like an ethernet bridge and is fully compatible > with FreeBSD. I have a block of static addresses. DHCP is usually used > for dynamic addresses (but I have no experiance with using that). In any case > getting set up to use DSL with FreeBSD is trivial. > I have 768Kbps DSL service from GTE with 'Internet Arena' as my service > provider. My costs run about $180/month total for telco+ISP. USWEST can check the distance via phone number or address (I think). You need to be within 15000 feet of the Central Office to qualify. That's as the cable goes, not bird flies. We've actually got it working up at 18,000 feet to a friends house, but it was really hard. New installations of ADSL are pretty much all PPP mode from USWEST, other ISPs may vary. It is setup to hand out 10.0.0.[2-...] as IP addresses and routes/PATs the entire 10net. (My testing indicates that Cisco's PAT doesn't work with ssh. It's been reported.) I'm not sure of the price. The 256K service just had a price reduction. Somewhere around $40 + your ISP. > -DG > > David Greenman > Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org > Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Herbivores ate well cause their food didn't never run. -- Jonathan Fishman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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