August 2001 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

RE: [Wlug] anyone happy with DSL in Worcester?

by webmaster＠atari-users.net

Charter is the only game in town.. I was debating switching to DSL.. maybe I'll re-think it. Rob rmahlert(a)charter.net -----Original Message----- From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On Behalf Of Matt Pease Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:36 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: RE: [Wlug] anyone happy with DSL in Worcester? Nope. No Charter cable around here. Does someone else do it? > > I'm not sure who Earthlink uses locally, but they always > >say its a Verizon problem. > > > > Speakeasy uses Covad. Perhaps I should switch? > > Everyone uses Verizon wires since they own the infrastructure throughout > New England. If you get DSL from Verizon at least there will not > be anyone > else to point the finger at. Since Covad is about to go bankrupt > I wouldn't > recommend them. Have you looked into cable modem service in your area? >From what I've read, Covad, after paying their bond holders, will have 225 million to run the business. & they lose 175 million a quarter... So thats another 3-4 months running. I'm starting a little net company thing (good timing!) & need a really fast, solid connection -- for surfing. Thank you- Matt _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Aug. 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] anyone happy with DSL in Worcester?

by John Murphy

On Thursday 30 August 2001 08:36 pm, you wrote: > Nope. No Charter cable around here. Does someone else do it? I thought they had most of Worcester done by now. I live on the West side of Worcester about a mile or two from WPI. Charter was up and running about a year ago. John Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.

Aug. 31, 2001

RE: [Wlug] anyone happy with DSL in Worcester?

by Doug Chamberlin

At 8/30/2001 08:36 PM (Thursday), Matt Pease wrote: >Nope. No Charter cable around here. Does someone else do it? Just ATT Broadband, formerly Media One/Roadrunner. I don't think there are any @Home installations in Massachusetts.

Aug. 31, 2001

RE: [Wlug] anyone happy with DSL in Worcester?

by Matt Pease

Nope. No Charter cable around here. Does someone else do it? > > I'm not sure who Earthlink uses locally, but they always > >say its a Verizon problem. > > > > Speakeasy uses Covad. Perhaps I should switch? > > Everyone uses Verizon wires since they own the infrastructure throughout > New England. If you get DSL from Verizon at least there will not > be anyone > else to point the finger at. Since Covad is about to go bankrupt > I wouldn't > recommend them. Have you looked into cable modem service in your area?

Aug. 31, 2001

Re: [Wlug] anyone happy with DSL in Worcester?

by Doug Chamberlin

At 8/30/2001 07:43 PM (Thursday), Matt Pease wrote: > I'm not sure who Earthlink uses locally, but they always >say its a Verizon problem. > > Speakeasy uses Covad. Perhaps I should switch? Everyone uses Verizon wires since they own the infrastructure throughout New England. If you get DSL from Verizon at least there will not be anyone else to point the finger at. Since Covad is about to go bankrupt I wouldn't recommend them. Have you looked into cable modem service in your area?

Aug. 31, 2001

anyone happy with DSL in Worcester?

by Matt Pease

Hi all - I'm new to the area.. living near the WPI campus. Is anyone here happy with their DSL service? Right now I've got DSL service from Earthlink. Man, they suck. The thing goes out for a week at a time & all they do is ask me to power cycle my modem & then say its a Verizon problem & I must wait for Verizon to fix it. This time I'm getting 400ms pings & terrible bandwidth (50kbps... and not as smooth as a modem) Anyone know if going with a different DSL provider would improve things? I'm not sure who Earthlink uses locally, but they always say its a Verizon problem. Speakeasy uses Covad. Perhaps I should switch? Thank you - Matt

Aug. 30, 2001

Re: [Wlug] VPN Question

by Michael Long

Scott, Thanks for the info. The VPN I needed to connect to was pptp. When I downloaded the pptp-linux client for this project, I was told that I needed to make a new module for ppp-mppe-2.4.0 because it did not recognize my 2.4 kernel. This was not as straight forward as I hoped and time was running out... The people at the other end who I was dealing with only know windows (sometimes I think that is all I know as well) so to make a long story longer I ended up using PC Anywhere through my windows box. Is pptp-linux compatable with PC Anywhere? I do intend to play around with pptp-linux when I get some free time and with any luck get rid of WinNT. Thanks, Mike On Tuesday 28 August 2001 00:13, you wrote: > You will need the client software for whatever technology the VPN uses. > You've got choices ranging from IPsec (the linux client is called > FreeS/WAN) to pptp (with a sick hack of a linux client that I maintain) > with a bunch of other choices in between. > > Find out what the VPN is based on and then do a google for that and linux. > > Scott > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Michael Long wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have only connected to a network via a VPN using windows software in > > the past. How do I go about establishing a VPN connection using linux. Do > > I need to get any software and what other information will I need besides > > my login, password, and server IP address? > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Aug. 30, 2001

Meeting topics for Sept. 12th

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, I'm looking for a speaker for the Sept. 12th WLUG meeting. If you have a desire to speak on a topic, please bounce your ideas off of me and we'll see if something can be worked out. If you know somebody who'd be a good speaker, please let me know that as well. Finally, I'd like to put out an APB on Rob Bellville. He is our former webmaster, and I"m trying to get in touch with him. His e-mail address doesn't exist any more. If anybody knows Rob or how I can get in touch with him, please contact me ASAP. Thanks in advance, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Aug. 29, 2001

Re: [Wlug] VPN Question

by Scott Venier

You will need the client software for whatever technology the VPN uses. You've got choices ranging from IPsec (the linux client is called FreeS/WAN) to pptp (with a sick hack of a linux client that I maintain) with a bunch of other choices in between. Find out what the VPN is based on and then do a google for that and linux. Scott On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Michael Long wrote: > Hi all, > > I have only connected to a network via a VPN using windows software in the > past. How do I go about establishing a VPN connection using linux. Do I need > to get any software and what other information will I need besides my login, > password, and server IP address? > > Thanks, > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Aug. 28, 2001

VPN Question

by Michael Long

Hi all, I have only connected to a network via a VPN using windows software in the past. How do I go about establishing a VPN connection using linux. Do I need to get any software and what other information will I need besides my login, password, and server IP address? Thanks, Mike

Aug. 28, 2001