Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:53:34 -0400 From: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> To: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dsl modem suggestions Message-ID: <20020801125334.A57189@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: <20020801082207.5f0a968a.nkinkade@dsl-only.net>; from nkinkade@dsl-only.net on Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 08:22:07AM -0700 References: <20020801030135.A54643@skytrackercanada.com> <20020801082207.5f0a968a.nkinkade@dsl-only.net>
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> Generally speaking, your DSL provider will give you a limited choice of > CPE from which to choose. Your best bet is to stay within those bounds > if you want to guarantee compatability between your CPE and the DSLAM. > Your DSL provider, not your ISP, will have tested various CPE with their > DSLAM(s). This isn't to say that their decisions on which CPE to > "certify" aren't partial - only that they are known to work as expected. > Did your provider tell you that you could just buy any CPE that you > wanted? In theory, your CPE need only conform to the same line encoding > standards as your provider (DMT or CAP), but in practice this may not be > fool-proof. In my case, my DSL provider -sold- me the modem, but he also said that I didn't have to get it from him. He said I could use -any- brand that I wanted. Given your explanation, that would be "any modem as long as it falls within such-and-such parameters." Thanks for your comments. I will take it up with him. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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