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Date:	Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:38:12 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: DSL Questions

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In , on 08/23/04
at 02:04 PM, "Gary Granat" said:

>Now, for the gotchas. They provide the ADSL modem, a filter kit (three
>inline microfilters and a Y-adapter which they call a phone line
>splitter), EarthLink DSL software on CD, and some literature.

No problem. The stuff Earthlink sent me all works fine. :-)

>The system requirements they list are
>(aside from system speed, memory, etc. which I can satisfy without any
>problem) are Windows (98, 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP). I don't have any
>Windows installed -- excepting Windows NT Workstation 4.0 on the ThinkPad
>-- and I don't want any of them.

No problem. Even if you happen to need tech support, it's not really an
issue. The supplied modem, actually a rebadged VisionNet DSL Modem/Router
with custom firmware, has built in diagnostics and is fully compabible
with Mozilla. I had no problem submitting a trouble ticket for the one
long term (6-8 hours) DSL outage that I've experienced. I suspect I got
bit by a central office upgrade. IAC, the line came back shortly after
the ticket was opened.

>At
>this point, my preference is the DI-604, but that is certainly _not_
>carved in stone.

I just so happen to have a DI604. :-) It sits in front of the Earthlink
modem/router and provides NAT and Firewall to the intranet. It could be
the DHCP server too, but I prefer static IPs internally.

>What software do I need to add in order to make this lash up work? Are
>there any choices in this?

You don't need anything you don't already have.

If you decide to go forward with Earthlink, I probably can save you some
learning time since I've already figured out how to configure everything,
not that it was all that difficult.

HTH,

Steven

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