Re: debian-friendly DSL/cable ISP in NYC area?
On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 03:41:36PM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> Cable setup is pretty straightforward. I used to do tech support for
> @Home before I got laid off and got a better paying job as a security
> guard. Other than the dying @Home network, I don't think there's a
> cable network left in the US that'll do static IPs on the residential
> system, though Rogers in Canada does, from what I hear.
Yes they do, _but_ it's not trully static and if you want trully static you need
to play $60 for biz cable and $20 for static - that about US$50/mo.
Cable is usually on DHCP.
> > look into whether the roaring penguin package will work. if it's dial
> > up, just check into what authentication they use.... most will be ppp,
> > which the pppd package should handle nicely.
>
> That's protocol, not authentication. Authentication is *usually* CHAP
> or MS-CHAP on PPP.
I thought it would be PAP? At least around here.
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