[TriLUG] DirecTV DSL anyone?

[Andrew Perrin]

I second (third) what others have said. I have DirecTV DSL (fka
Telocity) in Chapel Hill; tech support has been poor-to-adequate, but the
service itself is great, particularly for the price. The first gateway I
got from them was defective, which caused a couple of weeks delay, but
since receiving the second it works great -- I've never had to power cycle
(the gateway has been up continuously since June), but for some reason
periodically I have to do:

ifconfig eth1 down
ifconfig eth1 up

from the console. (I've ended up having cron do this automatically: check
for network connectivity and do the down/up sequence if there's no ping
out.) I have my linux (debian) box doing ipmasq for three other
machines: two laptops (one debian, one Win98) and my wife's Win98 desktop.

ap

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Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin at unc.edu - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
 Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
      269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA


On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Sinner from the Prairy wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I just received a flyer about this DSL company. It is about the same (same 
> top download speed, lower upload speed, ...) 
> 
> The main differences are:
> 
> - -they provide a fixed IP and
> - - it looks very Linux friendly:
> 
> (from http://www.directvdsl.com/why/faq.asp)
> 
> Is there anything I should change about my computer?
>  ... The only change you might need to consider is if your Windows PC doesn't 
> already have an Ethernet card, you may want to install one to get the best 
> performance. Ethernet cards are inexpensive and rather simple to install. 
> Macintosh, Linux, or UNIX computers need Ethernet for their DIRECTV DSL™ 
> connection, but most of these computers already come equipped with it.
> 
> Can I host a Virtual Private Network (VPN)?
>  YES! ...
> 
> Can I run my own Web, FTP, DNS, SMTP, POP3, or other email server?
>  Yes...
> 
> Does DIRECTV DSL™ support X-Windows, TELNET, and FTP?
>  Yes ...
> 
> 
> 
> So,
> 
> Anyone with them? Horror stories anyone? Do they really work? Are they part 
> of the Microsoft/Disney megamonopolies?
> 
> 
> 
> Salut,
> Sinner
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