🚀 go-pugleaf

of course it is a possible I suppose that you could find a router similar to
the Caymen 3220
to connect to Bell South DSL using linux if you are on a network...
I suppose it is also possible that if you search you may find a compatible
pci modem---
heck for all I know drivers for the 3com are floating around some where the
modem is known as and can be identified
at 3com by it's name the 3com HomeConnect pci

I've had my DSL with Bellsouth for a while now and I love it I get a good
stable connection at
around 800 kb down not bad considering I'm about 18,000 feet from the
central office...
the only problem I've had is on a rare occasion usualy after a bad storm...
I have to shut down and
unplug my modem for a minute than boot back up and I'm back on... no big
deal...

a happy BellSouth customer,
Gosh


gosh <j_cgreen@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:R85y6.698$al2.47990@news2.atl...
> unfortunately I do believe you will have to get  an ethernet modem
> no choice here, the modem that BS supports and provides is the
> Alcatel Speed Touch  Home   The unfortunate part is that BS only
> gives these modems out on Pro-installs.  THEY DO NOT SHIP
> ETHERNET MODEMS period no exceptions....  It can also be a frustrating
> experience just getting bell south to ship a different modem...   The
reason
> that
> you will have to go with the ethernet modem is that the only software
> bellsouth has for
> linux is NTS Ethernet 300 a third party dialer... so you can authenticate
> one way with
> ethernet 300 download it from ftp.bellsouth.net.. call the help desk
> at 888-321-2375 or it might be 877 I forget option 2 to get the password
to
> DOWNLOAD the SOFTWARE...
>  or you might say for the SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD.  Since a pro install costs
$150
> if it were me
> I would buy a modem off the internet for cheaper if i could find it. Bell
> south does not want you to do that of course and they will not support a
> modem bought elsewere but then that's not a big deal since we don't
support
> linux anyway
> Be careful of one thing if you do buy a modem on your own since modems
that
> are like the Alcatel 1000 and
> the alcatel speed touch home (the 2 modems supported by BS)  are hard
coded
> no drivers to load you must be
> carefull that  the vpi vci for bellsouth is set to 8:35  many isp's use
0:35
> and there for many modems are set
> to this.... of you have any other questions about using bellsouth dsl post
> them i'll  answer them a better place to post for dsl specific q's is the
> tech support news group fr bell south that you can get to on your bell
south
> news server...
> side note:
> no difference exsists AT ALL  between pppoe and pppoa on the host side....
> the only difference is in the manner inwhich
> a node authenticates-- ppoe=thernet300 .... pppoa=Dial up Networking or
RAS
> dialer or I forget what the mac dialer is
> called..... any linux customer is going to be pppoe it does not matter
what
> it sys you are in the bell south data base
>
>
> gosh
>
>
>
>
> News Mail <Meesh30@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:6uDw6.2219$tG3.154721@news1.atl...
> > Help!!!
> >
> > We just got this ADSL and set up Linux Mandrake 7.2 but we can't get it
> > connected. I did the "adsl-setup". Then "adsl-start" and get a
"time-out"
> > message. We are not sure but we may have an IRQ problem. What command
can
> we
> > use to see the list of IRQs?
> >
> >
> > meesh32
> >
> >
>
>