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Anon | reply to Anon
Re: PPPoE
Hello,
I have DSL with ameritech, and I am pretty sure that they use PPPoE (they use an ATM card that has to log onto the network like a fast dial-up connection, I guess that's PPPoE).
It bugged me for a little while, because I had a cable modem before this, and that was straight to an Ethernet NIC. That seemed to be the most flexible way to go.
Anyway, I was annoyed by the "dial-up" aspect of it all, and the way that I solved it is by putting it on my wifes machine, and using Sygate (which I was using with the cable modem anyway).
Now, I don't see the dial-up part of the connection, and it feels more like an always on connection.
The other thing that I did was install a keep alive utility on my wifes machine, but I unistalled that after a while, because I really had no need to keep the connection constantly on, and it was safer to have it log off (like an added form of protection).
I havn't had any login problems or any random disconnect problems. I do notice that the threshold for disconnecting is pretty short, like 10 minutes of inactivity.
Other than that, the connection has been smooth, reliable, and as fast as I am paying for for the entire time I have had it.
-Mike | |
Anon | I have WinPoet and hate it. When my term is up I will switch to a static IP ISP. Why?
1. WinPoet will lock up my brand new Win98 SE 733Mhz HP 100% of the time within 24 hours necessitating a reboot. Usually after 10-12 I must reboot, that is if I don't just lock up. Thankfully this is a personal not a business computer. I somehow think it is NOT an Intel, Hewlett-Packard nor Microsoft problem as everything else works fine (apps, games, musicmatch, CDR, DVD etc.). Remaining factor : WinPoet.
2. WinPoet requires me to log on after these daily reboots. I was sold "always on" service. Then why do I have to logon to get it to work (DSL dialup looks JUST like regular modem dialup but takes only about 3 sec., unless you have to do it again, and again...)? I must keep track of names, passwords and all that good stuff. Then reboot and try again if I mistype something. "WinPoet Preserves the dialup experience" my butt. Always-on does not mean logon! I'm just waiting until I get a DSL busy signal or whatever when they run out of IP's like dialup runs out of modems on Sat. night (hey it's happened to me on Mindspring and A-NET, as well as all the freebies).
Why would my ISP make me use this crappy software?
A) To enable oversubscription of IP addresses. (Although I recycle mine to keep at least ONE of theirs allocated to me 24/7)!
B) Bandwidth metering (by time, or MB). Seems like a fair concept but I resent the back-door sneaky setup approach the WinPoet (drug) dealers use. Whatcha wanna bet that sometime they unilaterally inform users (via an unexpectedly higher bill that month) that they've been moved up to the "enhanced", more expensive, metered dialup service that was sold in writing as "always on" but obviously is not.
Do you want to see something funny? Ask the ISP what advantages there are for YOU to use WinPoet. It's like asking a minister "How is it OK to blow people away just because I'm in the army?". They stammer like a parent asked about sex by their kid!
Remember : WinPoet = BAD | |
willardk
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Jackson Heights, NY | reply to Anon
nope its PPPoA
different implemetation...even less common than PPPoE.
Will | |
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