[geeks] ADSL Modem

[Phil Brutsche]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> I'm looking for a DSL bridge box that will do the PPPoE for me and will 
> be compatible with Verizon, because I use Cloud 9 Internet near New York.
> 
> Right now, I have a box which doesn't do the PPPoE, and I use a PPPoE 
> client on my Cisco Router.  Cisco's PPPoE client kinda sucks.  I need to 
> continue using my router to route for my IP block, but I'd like to 
> switch to using an external box to take care of my PPPoE.
> 
> Any ideas?

Which model is your router?  17xx?  26xx?

Provided your DSL provider uses DMT encoding (I would be surprised if
they didn't) you could buy a WIC-1ADSL and have your Cisco router do
PPPoA - no PPPoE BS *and* you have your routeable IP block.

There are even Cisco routers - true routers, not those Linksys pieces of
$#@! - that have the DSL support built in.  Not sure which model that
would be right off hand, though.

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Phil Brutsche
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