Linux on Qwest DSL with own ISP

Yes, I've had Qwest DSL for a couple years with my old ISP, Inficad (whom
I'd used since they started with dial-up). IP address is static, and they
still use bridging mode (they'd intimated a year or so ago that they were
going to go PPP/DHCP, but it's never happened). Have the Cisco 675, still
on CAP. No PPOE necessary....I just bridge it through to a Linksys
single-port broadband router, where the NAT is configured, to a 5-port
switch (this was the quick, dirty, cheap way to go....didn't have the
parts/cash to set up a Linux router box). The network config on the Linux
workstation is pretty much vanilla LAN.

Inficad's level one techs aren't always astute as to the config of their own
Redback router, but the one or two guys there that you would consider
'sysadmins' will listen if you back up your assumptions with some facts. In
fact, in the nearly six years I've been with Inficad, I've probably had to
call them three times....not a bad record for any ISP. I honestly can't
remember, up until this past week, the last time they've ever gone down
(they run FreeBSD webservers, IIRC). From their website, though, it appears
they've just been sold, and I had some downtime (short-term) twice this
week. I just hope they don't go the way of the old Primenet, which was a
cool little ISP back in '94-'95, but went downhill after GlobalCenter bought
them out.....

Tom

 -----Original Message-----
From:     plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]  On Behalf Of Guy
Chouinard Jr
Sent:    Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:10 PM
To:    plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Subject:    Linux on Qwest DSL with own ISP

Hi

I am wondering if there are any people in the group using
Qwest DSL with their own ISP. I called Qwest tech support
and they were a bit helpful but for the most part clueless.

If you are running Linux on Qwest DSL with your own ISP as
opposed to Qwest.net I need to know:

Do you have a static or dynamic IP ?

If you have dynamic are you using Roaring Penquin as a pppoe client ?
If static do you just config eth0 with your static ?

Is Qwest using CAP or DMT encoding ? I know CAP is being phased out in
most places.Are you using a CISCO 675 or 678 ?

I live in an apt complex and have a security system that utilizes the
phone
if someone were to break in so I may have to filter the signal or get a
"home
run" installed from the dmark to my apt, but that's a sync issue.

Thanks,

Guy
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