Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-15 Thread Nimrod Mesika
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 07:01:23PM +0300, guy keren wrote: > as far as i understood, cable connection in general uses shared media > (both upstream and downstream). what's more, their normal upstream > connection is apprently VERY limited in its capacity, as cable T.V. was > originaly meant for on

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-15 Thread Mike Almogy
TED]> To: "Tzafrir Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Mike Almogy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Linux-il" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 6:01 PM Subject: Re: linux with nonstop's system works > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Tzafrir C

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-15 Thread guy keren
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Chances are that the cables connection won't be the bottleneck: > Cable modems give you around 2Mbps (*bits* per second) upstream and > at least around 5Mbps downstream (shared) downstream (from the ISP to your > computer). as far as i understood, cab

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-15 Thread Dani Arbel
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Jean-Daniel PAUGET wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Dani Arbel wrote: > > > 2) Nonstop must have a modem line connecting it abroad, as i got few > > bits/second internet connections with many disconnections. > > When shoping for ADSL note that: > > about this my feeling

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-15 Thread Jean-Daniel PAUGET
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Dani Arbel wrote: > 2) Nonstop must have a modem line connecting it abroad, as i got few > bits/second internet connections with many disconnections. > When shoping for ADSL note that: about this my feeling is that they encounter big routing problems. did you manage

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-14 Thread Dani Arbel
Hi gang! I am an ADSL user since december, and lately have the chance to compare a cable connection to ADSL one. here are my observations: 1) cable is extremly fast. Nonstop must have a fat pipe to IIX as i felt like running on our LAN when browsing my webserver at the Technion. 2) Nonstop must ha

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-14 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Mike Almogy wrote: > About cable modems, i read an article few month ago regarding to the "FAST" > connection to the web with cables. If you mean the article on People&Computers - it was kind of misleading. The title was something like "Fast Internet is no better than POTS"

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-14 Thread guy keren
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Mike Almogy wrote: > I will try to find this article and to scan it. > I really hope that i'm mistaken, the article was written almost a year ago, > so maybe something was changed. i've heard of such an article that was published in "people and computers", and that made thi

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-14 Thread Mike Almogy
MAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:27 PM Subject: Re: linux with nonstop's system works > Hi Guy, > > Be careful with Barak - from my experience with them they seems to be > sometimes very fast, sometimes very slow, and lots of time - they route > is lost >

Re: linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi Guy, Be careful with Barak - from my experience with them they seems to be sometimes very fast, sometimes very slow, and lots of time - they route is lost I'm talking about the time slow/fast at the same times - meaning they could be very fast on 11 PM and the same day tommorow - to be VE

linux with nonstop's system works

2000-08-14 Thread guy keren
hi, today i got a cable modem connected at home (nonstop is doing now a "test" at the haifa area). nonstop supports windows (maybe macs as well), not linux. However, setting it up for linux was rather simple (using 'pump' to configure the network interface via their DHCP server, and guessing som