[LUAU] TCP/IP WANs

[Jeffrey Y. Sue]

I'm using ADSL from GTE. It was a breeze to setup on Linux after I got the
second ethernet card figured out (I think having the same type of card
helped). I had everything setup ahead of time, so when the ADSL was
installed, I was literally up and running in minutes. I'm using Maui
Gateway (even though I'm in Honolulu). They were very competitive. Pixi is
about the same price for home customers. There are about 5 providers
offering ADSL. Some have the same price for home and commercial, others
have a different price structure. I'm using IP masquerade so the other
machines on my home network have access to the Internet, which has worked
out well. I'm using an old 486/66 with 20 meg of ram and when I do a top,
it seems to be idle most of the time, so it seems to have more than enough
power. You should be able to find two old 486's cheaply enough. Make sure
your provider gives you static IP addresses to make it easier for you to
set up.

With ADSL, frame relay or Road Runner, remember that you are online 24/7 so
you have to make sure you have security on your gateway machine. I get
gently probed about once a week by cretins looking for someone to relay
their spam email.

ADSL was significantly cheaper than frame relay in both monthly cost and in
the external hardware cost. GTE had a special when I signed up (about 2
months ago?) where the installation of about $100 _included_ the ADSL modem
(usually about $300).

At 05:17 PM 12/31/98 -1000, you wrote:
>Take a look at ADSL while you're at it. It's cheaper than frame and more
>secure than Road Runner. You can use this with the existing phone lines,
>GTE will take care of that for you. 
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>There are different tiers of bandwidth you can choose from with ADSL. I
>think the lowest tier is 256k/upstream and about 80k/downstream and all
>the way up to a T1 on your _current_ phone line. No need for any other
>hardware (e.g CSU/DSU). GTE will provide the modem for ADSL. You can buy
>ADSL from several resellers on the island...Pixi, and Pacific Global
>Communications are two that i know of who are currently offering ADSL.
>Email me for more info on this!!
>
>Danny
>
>On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Scott Cooley wrote:
>
>> Here's a general TCP/IP question i need help with...
>> 
>> I've been presented with the challenge of networking a local office to a
>> remote site using TCP/IP.  The specs call for using a leased line and IP
>> routers / CSU/DSU units on both ends.  I've never done such a WAN before
>> so could anybody point me in the right direction as far as what hardware
>> is required (brands etc) and what type of phone line is required?
>> 
>> My other idea as i posted a while ago is to use RoadRunner businses on
>> each end with appropriate firewalls, but I wanted to avoid the cost of
>> two more linux boxes to do the firewalling / gatewaying.  Also in the rare
>> occasion the IP would change, it could bring the whole link down couldn't
>> it.
>> 
>> thanks in advance,
>> scott
>> 
>> 
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