New DSL

[Ray T. Bentley]

I have AT & T cable internet service. It is easy to use several computers in
the home on the one connection. I have a little Linksys box that serves as a
router and firewall.  I can hook up my laptop, my daughter's laptop and the
desktop to the internet all at the same time.  The static IP address is
assigned to the box, and the others use an automatic configuration that the
box assigns.  We've had very good service.  BTW, the one laptop is a MAC,
and it doesn't matter if the computers are different types.  They work fine.
The speed is phenomenal.  Downloads that used to take 30 minutes are now
sometimes less than 5.  Two or three minute downloads are now a few seconds.

Just thought I'd pass this on for the benefit of anyone else who's
considering a high speed connection.

Ray T. Bentley, RPT
Alton, IL

----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Beigel <carolrpt@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: New DSL


> I hope you enjoy your new DSL.  We have bellatlantic DSL and love it
> although it is fickle.  Sometimes we have to reset it as often as 5 or 6
> times during the day.  Don't trash your dial-up numbers though in case it
> goes down.
>
> For anyone out there, DSL, at least Bell Atlantic, encourages customers to
> "share" their connections, but they don't support or tell you how to set
up
> the sharing.  In other words, DSL is brought into one computer in your
home
> or office, and then you are permitted to distribute it over your local
> network.  I discovered the secret to ICS for the bellatlantic DSL, and it
> may work on others.
>
> Windows 98 Second edition has something called Internet Connection
Sharing.
> You only install this on the computer that has the fancy internet
connection
> - like the DSL modem.  You select Internet Connection Sharing in the
Windows
> setup, and answer the questions the wizard asks you.  The SECRET answer to
> the question, "How do you connect to the Internet"  is NOT DSL modem, but
> DIAL UP ADAPTER!  The WinPoet simulates a dial up connection, but since
you
> had to install a special adapter, you might think that is the right
answer -
> wrong!
>
> We manage to regularly crash and burn computer parts and connections quite
> regularly around here, probably due to the age of the gene pool, so I am
> getting quite efficient at resetting this stuff!
>
> Even though it is fickle, I still think DSL is the greatest thing to come
> down the pike in a while!
>
> Carol Beigel, RPT
> Greenbelt, Maryland
>
>
>
> >From: Greg Newell <gnewell@EN.COM>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >Subject: New DSL
> >Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:08:03 -0400
> >
> >Hi Folks!,
> >     Is anyone awake ut there tonight? I don't see any new posts in the
> >last hour or so. I'm trying to make sure I have the right server info
> >from my new dsl provider. For those who care my new e-mail address is
> >gnewell@ameritech.net  .
> >
> >Greg Newell
> >
>
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