[CLUE-Tech] Earthlink DSL

[David Anselmi]

Nate Duehr wrote:
[...]
> You could also see if it has a "bypass" mode (the boxes SBC used in 
> their territory used to have this) -- that's also useful... if for 
> example they're using PPPoE in their box, and you can put it into a 
> "bypass" mode, you could configure PPPoE in a cheap Linksys directly and 
> just ignore their silly hardware altogether, thus avoiding the 
> double-NAT issues.

Looks like this is your best bet.  Seems that the Netopia is the thing 
that only allows one computer on at a time.  Seems that PPPoE will work 
through the Netopia to Earthlink.  So you can use any "DSL router"[1] 
between the Netopia and your home network.

Bypass mode that Nate mentions seems also to be bridged mode and you can 
find some discussion and links to details here:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10499329~mode=flat

Another option would be to use a different DSL modem that isn't brain 
damaged.  Will an Actiontec or Cisco 678 work with Earthlink?  I don't 
know and EL will certainly not support it, but it may be worth a try if 
you don't have to buy one to experiment.

HTH,
Dave