[nflug] Verizon dsl

[Joe]

anthonyriga wrote:
> Where do you connect the modem too? DO i need to
> provide my own wires? I ordered the online do it your
> self. I wanna put the modem in my basement in my
> computer room what wires do I need to run? And from
> where? Any suggestions?
> --- David Mangani <buckettruckdave at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hmmm,
>>
>> Sorry I sent that last message by mistake. Anyways,
>> I switched to
>> Verizon DSL a few months ago. It seems to work fine.
>> It is slightly
>> slower than cable, however,not alot of difference. I
>> did use a windows
>> PC to initially set up my account. Basically it was
>> just easier. Now
>> that the account is set up, I have used FC6, ubuntu
>> and now Debian on
>> it all without any trouble. It seems that to
>> initially set up and
>> activate the account windows is easier. Not sure if
>> it could be done
>> from the get go with Linux. I don't know if the
>> various ports are
>> available for use or not. I can only say that I
>> simply plug in my DSL
>> modem let the lights wink on and connect the
>> ethernet cable and it
>> simply works. No real complaints here.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 12/22/06, David Mangani
>> <buckettruckdave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/22/06, anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>> I have moved into the city and had RoadRunner
>>>>         
>> before.
>>     
>>>> I am thinking of DSL. Are there any hitches in
>>>>         
>> setting
>>     
>>>> up with Linux? I looked over some of old threads
>>>>         
>> we
>>     
>>>> had to get some advice and I guess you need
>>>>         
>> WIndows or
>>     
>>>> MAc to set it up with software. Thats odd if you
>>>>         
>> are
>>     
>>>> hooking up a router to it which Im going to do.
>>>>         
>> Do
>>     
>>>> they have port 80 open for web services? I know
>>>>         
>> RR
>>     
>>>> dosent. I use 443 for web and also DDNS and
>>>>         
>> sendmail
>>     
>>>> too. Any suggestions ? Storys? Advice? Should I
>>>>         
>> just
>>     
>>>> still use RR?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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I am currently using Verizon DSL/the slowest option and dry loop (no 
phone) ($19.95/month).  I paid an extra 14.95 (one time) and they gave 
me a Westel 327 Modem/Wireless Router (with 4 ethernet ports on it).  If 
you want this, you may have to ask for it.  They might not mention it.  
If I keep the account a whole year, the Westel will be mine to keep.  
I've got a Sunrocket VOIP box plugged into it and it works fine.  
There's just no way (according to Verizon) to give priority to it when 
my computer is using a lot of bandwidth, but I haven't done that yet 
when a phone call was in progress.

I had a lot of trouble setting it up (even on Windoze) and learned how 
to do all the settings myself (got the modem manual from the Westel 
website).  Basically, you set your browser to http://192.168.1.1/
and you can setup anything you want to - including a whole lot of 
advanced options I don't understand.   Since it's a web interface, any 
browser on any OS should work "theoretically".
At one point, I remember some pages not displaying correctly in Firefox 
and having to use Internet Exploder.
The main thing that had me stopped for a long time was that someone told 
me to check a box that enabled pppoe.  Nothing worked until I turned 
that off.

The Westel manual is very good - shows you screens for everything with 
step by step instructions.  It does *not* try to teach you anything 
about networking, so you have to know what you want to do and what 
things mean.  That shouldn't be a big problem for a lot of people on 
this list.

Joe




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