[CLUE-Tech] qwest, msn & dsl am I doomed?

[Joe Linux]

I doubt your computer is the problem.  I use AMD K6/500 in Hawaii with a 
cable modem and it flies. Perhaps as high as 700k per second if I have 
my figures right.

jeremy wrote:

>Greetings,
>
> A funny thing happened when I moved. . My  wife signed us for phone service 
>and they offered to send info on DSL. About a week later a DSL modem and 
>startup  up package arrived. /* good thing  i didn't order it I'd still be 
>waiting. */  I'm new to DSL and don't quite know what I have gotten in to.
>
>	 Any  way it's a 256k /sec rate account using an arescom net dsl 800 modem. 
>With MSN as the isp.  So am I doomed?
>
>	My first problem is what protocol they are using PPPoe or a bridge or what is 
>there a way to tell? I read the dsl how to and d/l the pppoe package with no 
>luck. It didn't really say what network options should be built in to the 
>kernel.
>
>	second is chap or pap or something else.
>
>	I got my network card running and the .o file loads as a module and the 
>lights on the modem go when I try and connect. According to the web page from 
>arescom the modem should be transparent.
>
>
>	I have not called MSN to ask for help because when I called to ask about the 
>slow transfer rate the guy told me it was because my system resources were 
>low. Apparently 190M of ram and a duron 700 is not enough.
>
>	I went to a site and benchmarked my connection. The up and down transfer 
>rates were as advertised. But  the transfer rate was only 25k/sec. So it takes 
>me several hours to download an ios image. But hey I was dialing up at 
>3.8k/sec so I'm not really that sad. I just want to know it the transfer rate 
>is from here to Qwest or from my computer to the modem?
>
>	I don't have the $$ to switch isp's right now.   If any one has any ideas 
>drop a line. It's ok to say "you are doomed"
>
>tech info.
>
>Duron 700, 190M ram. Slackware 8.0, kernel 2.2.something, netgear pci card,
>
>Thanks
>Jeremy
>
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