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Date:	Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:04:09 PDT7
From:	"Gary Granat" <ggranat@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	"SCOUG Helpdesk" <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: DSL Questions

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Hi.

Wideband (ADSL) service is now available to my phone number through the serving
Qwest central office. This is not the only available wideband service (Bresnan
offers cable wideband, but I'm not sure it is available where I live) but this
is the first on that is somewhat reasonably priced and that I'm sure is
available to me.

My ISP (EarthLink) currently has a "deal" whereby the activation charge
($99.00) is fully discounted and I pay $19.95/mo for the first two months
($39.95/mo for each month thereafter). I currently pay $21.95/mo for unlimited
dialup service, so the increase is not unreasonable.

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. For an additional $9.95, they will
provide a Linksys Wireless Router and a Linksys Wireless Card or USB adapter so
that one can network one's home systems on the DSL line (a nice idea, but I'm
not interested in setting up a wireless LAN at the moment). 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.

Before I call EarthLink to beard the lion, I would like to get some idea from
those assembled regarding DSL as a service, and what -- if any -- problems I
could anticipate in setting up such service on my peer-to-peer home LAN. The
LAN is currently running 100BaseT on all three systems (Soyo Dragon, DFI, and
ThinkPad). My primary system -- the Dragon -- is running eCS 1.1 (no updates);
the other two systems are running Warp 4, FP15. I have done some online
research and am thinking in terms of (listed in order of ascending price at
TigerDirect.com) either a D-Link DI-604 4-Port Cable/DSL Router; or, a Linksys
BEFSR41 4-Port 10/100 Cable/DSL Router; or, a Linksys BEFSX41 4-Port Cable/DSL
Router. All three seem to provide some degree of firewall protection, with the
BEFSX41 seeming to have the most comprehensive set of facilities. At this
point, my preference is the DI-604, but that is certainly _not_ carved in
stone.

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

Thanks for you time and your comments.

--gary
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ggranat@earthlink.net

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