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> Rogers Wave uses static IP addresses, BC-Tel ADSL uses DHCP.
> If you go with ADSL, you'll need to compile a DHCP client like
> the one in the ISC DHCP server package. There's also a different
> linux client called dhcpcd (dhcp client daemon) which you can
> find on the linux sites. DHCP can be a little tricky to get working
> since the code (and the spec) is relatively new.
Looking at the RedHat 5.0 configuration for ethernet, there is an option
for DHCP. I don't know if it works or not but I would assume so. The one
thing I noticed on the ADSL website, it said that you had to log in if you
didn't have an OS that is supported by them. And to do that you need to
use a web site. This gets a bit confusing, to get an IP address you have
to go to the web site, but to get TCP running you need an IP address.
Maybe they assign you the IP address with DHCP, you then log in and
the log in just updates the DNS server. I don't really care about DHCP vs
Static, the way I'll use it (24 - 7) won't matter.
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> >
> > I've read up on ADSL and Wave and they're insisting on P100s. I think
> > this is a crock personally, my ethernet is 10 MBits which is at least
> > twice as fast as ADSL and Wave, and the 486 has no problems.
>
> This is probably just to cover themselves on support issues.
Bah! Support! They couldn't support a bridge on level ground. :)
Really I couldn't care less if they give me support. I don't get any
support now. I use to work in support and I know most of the tricks to
getting a computer humming on a network. So I don't really care if they
cover themselves, I won't be calling them anyways.
> >
> > Is there a bit limit on either of these methods? I don't want to go into
> > the second week of the month and find out that my limit has been used up.
> >
> > So what do you people think is the best way to go?
> >