[geeks] ADSL Modem

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Phil Brutsche 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?

Bigger.  7505.

> 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.

Do they have anything similar in Port Adapter form so that I can just 
slap it into a VIP2?

> 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.

One big enough for my configuration?  Two FDDI, 2 10/100, 1 Gig E and 
one multiport ethernet (which I'm running the PPPoE out of).

Peace...  Sridhar