[TriLUG] OT: new DSL modem from bellsouth

[J. "Spydir Web" Powers]

you'll probably have to set the modem to do DHCP or something...

Daniel Monjar wrote:
> That major storm that blew through North Raleigh last Friday afternoon 
> blew out my DSL modem.  I just spoke with the Bellsouth guy and he's 
> leaving a new modem for me to install when I get home...
> 
> I'm looking for an opinion... I use a Linksys router to connect to the 
> modem. The router has my username/password to authenticate with the 
> Bellsouth servers.  That is how it used to work... with this new modem 
> _it_ is configured to do the authentication.  How do you think this is 
> going to work with my router?  Think I should not configure the new 
> modem for authentication and let the router do it or un-configure the 
> router and let the modem do it?
> 
> -- 
> D
> an
> 

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