On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 09:04:56PM -0700, Mark Myers wrote:
> USWest Internet puts the router into PPP/firewall mode, which for
> security is good, but if you want a specific port open to a specific
> machine, you have to self-map it. AND, there is no guarantee that you'll
> have the same IP address the next day.
> Even though I was paying them $29.95 a month for 24/7 DSL service, about
> 3 times a week I'd find my Cisco 675 not "trained" (unconnected to the
> Internet). I'd have to go into it and tell it to "train" the connection
> before I could reestablish DSL. I have never had to do this with Fastq.
> USWest uses PPP mode, Fastq uses bridging mode.

And you have ADSL right?  I've got a coworker who has the USWest SDSL
and also has a dynamic IP address.  Is it possible to switch to a different
ISP?  I thought not... SDSL is point-to-point, whereas ADSL is more like
frame relay or something.

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