[NTLUG:Discuss] ADSL Configuration Questions

[Dan Carlson]

Thanks for the info Richard!

GTE is definitely slower than advertised.  I'm handling the line
installation directly through GTE, so DirectLink is not slowing the process
down.  When I first placed the order with GTE on 1/27 they quoted two weeks
for me to be up and running.  Then on 2/9 they gave me the official 3/9
date.  So it looks like it will take six weeks, but it will be worth it if
all works as advertised.

After thinking about it for a while, I think I will use a dedicated
interface for the modem.  It seems simpler, I have an available slot, and I
like the idea of the gateway being isolated and easily cut off from the rest
of the network.  I know, I can just unplug the phone line from the wall for
a quick cutoff.  But with the dedicated interface, I can cut it off remotely
using a separate dial-in analog modem connection by just disabling the
inteface.  Not likely to be necessary, but comforting to know that it can be
done.

Thanks,

Dan Carlson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Cobbe" <cobbe at directlink.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] ADSL Configuration Questions


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> They *are* slow, aren't they?  I had similar problems last September.
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