Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:55:25 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Fuji Zhang <fzhang3@csd.uwo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any difference between cable(TV) and phone line high speed internet Message-ID: <200112211855.fBLItPd09126@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:21:20 EST." <Pine.GSO.4.40.0112211018500.13917-100000@brown.csd.uwo.ca>
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The differences are really between ISPs more than between DSL and cable, but it seems most common for cable modems to be simple Ethernet connections to the cable ISPs router while most DSL providers seem to use PPPoE connections which do require some added configuration. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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