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Posted: Jan. 17 2005,00:19 |
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I use Verizon DSL and it just plain works, the magic (?) of DHCP. Whether I've plugged the modem directly into a PC's NIC, or (the usual) modem to router to all PC's (router has built in switch), it just works. I have plugged the modem into a switch (no router) and all PC's into the switch, and all PC's get their own IP automatically, no fuss, no muss. They did supply me with a username and password, but so far I've only had to use it to access my verizon web-mail and account info. It's worked on every windows and Linux distro I've thrown at it.
As far as support goes, it's like ke4nt1 mentioned. They won't acknowledge the existence of anything but Windows, and get huffy if it's not XP. They want the modem plugged straight to the PC, and they're even picky about the PC being plugged straight into the wall, not a power bar. Fortunately, the only two times my dsl has really gone down it was totally their fault, off site even. Haven't yet had a tech come to the house to repair, it's always in the box up the street 
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