Linux-friendly (non-Bell) GTA DSL providers

[Ansar Mohammed]

LOL
Sorry..


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Allen
> Taylor
> Sent: May 24, 2007 11:31 PM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Linux-friendly (non-Bell) GTA DSL providers
> 
> On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 11:10:26PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> > This is true if you are routing directly to those IP Addresses. I am
> not. I
> > am natting them at my gateway to internal IPs which gives me access to
> all
> > 7.
> 
> True. In our case, direct routing was a lot simpler for our needs.
> 
> Are we far enough off topic from the original question?  :-)
> 
> Allen
> 
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Allen
> > > Taylor
> > > Sent: May 24, 2007 5:37 PM
> > > To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > > Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Linux-friendly (non-Bell) GTA DSL providers
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 02:41:41PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> > > > Allen Taylor wrote:
> > > > >On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 10:23:04AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >>On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 12:11:13AM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>I am running FreeBSD 6.2 using teksavvy and its been great. I
> also
> > > have 7
> > > > >>>IPs from them. The 7 IPs with a 5M connection costs as much as a
> bell
> > > > >>>connection.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>Also, they don't block any ports. Both Bell and Rogers block lots
> of
> > > > >>>services.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>Does 7 IPs mean an IP for PPPoE plus a /29 block routed to you
> through
> > > > >>the main IP?
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >My wife's church has a /29 from Teksavvy. Supposed to be 6 IPs but
> as
> > > > >you note the router (a Debian box) is assigned a PPPoE address. So
> far
> > > > >it has always been assigned the same IP addr for PPPoE so I can
> access
> > > > >it remotely by the PPPoE addr or by its assigned /29 subnet
> address. So
> > > > >even though (6 + PPPoE =) 7 IP addrs are assigned, only the 6 on
> the
> > > /29
> > > > >are really useful (unless I really really screw up the routing and
> > > can't
> > > > >get to it by its /29 addr!  :-) ).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > With a /29 subnet mask, you've got 8 addresses.  Of those 8, 1 is
> the
> > > > network address and one the broadcast.  That leaves 6 addresses for
> your
> > > > use.
> > >
> > > Exactly! And one of those 6 has to be assigned to the router leaving 5
> > > assignable to other servers on the sub-net.
> > >
> > > The (sub) discussion started with the assertion that 7 IP addresses
> were
> > > assigned by Teksavvy - but one is in fact the PPPoE address.
> > >
> > > Allen
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