[LUAU] TCP/IP WANs

[John W Christian]

Jeffrey,

Do I understand correctly that I'll need a NIC card for ADSL?
And [I'm guessing] you are running RR & ADSL or 1 NIC to a
HUB?

John

On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:06:33 -1000 "Jeffrey Y. Sue" <jysue at aloha.net>
writes:
>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).

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