seeking advice for speeders

[Richard Villa]

If you are worried about being cought, just stick a router between your
machines and modem and you will be set.

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <romualt at megsinet.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: seeking advice for speeders


> If you're running ipmasq. can your isp run a tracer on you and
> catch you?
> Greg
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 03:18:23PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Chuck:
> >
> > You can be happy either way. Which you should do depends mostly on your
needs. In particular I would suggest you decide
> > whether you want a static ip or not, and whether you want to run a home
network off your high-speed connection.
> >
> > There is a national isp that does explicitly support linux and does not
mind if you run a network. I speak of
> > speakeasy.net. Everyone else I've found frowns on, or wants extra money,
for multiple machines--even though you do your
> > own ip masquerading.
> >
> > Beyond these two factors, speed would be the next priority item, in my
opinion. Both cable and radsl can be fast, or
> > slow, depending on various factors such as how many other users you're
sharing a segment with and how far you are from
> > the phone company's central office (and the quality of the lines) in the
case of radsl. Point to remember is that the
> > advertised rate is not what you'll get, most likely. In fact, the radsl
folks will like consider anything above 128K
> > successful---no matter what you're paying for.
> >
> > Installation may be another issue--but that's best taken up when you
make a decision, I think.
> >
> > But, go ahead and choose. Fast and persistent net connections just can't
be beat. It's a very different experience
> > knowing you're just always connected.
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> >
> > > Hi gang -
> > >
> > > I am getting unhappy with my 56k dialup method and want to switch
either
> > > to cable or to DSL. I can do both in the area where I live - or rather
I
> > > can do _either_ - and I would appreciate it if someone could outline
for
> > > me the considerations in choosing between the two. I cannot expect
much
> > > support either from my cable company or from my phone company on the
Linux
> > > side. My present ISP is affiliated with our cable TV provider and if
> > > possible I want to stay with them. They are parochial but worthy. My
sense
> > > is that a reliable local ISP is a better bet than a nationwide access
> > > super provider.
> > >
> > > Tha;nks for any advice.
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > >
> > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh  (Yahoo ID:
hallenbeck2002)
> > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (48% of Full)
> > >
> > >
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