PPPoE

dmsmed · Post by **dmsmed** » Sat May 26, 2001 11:05 pm

I currently have SDSL with a fixed IP. I am thinking of going to ADSL w/PPPoE. Is there anything about PPPoE which is a downside?

MosDef112 · Post by **MosDef112** » Sun May 27, 2001 2:09 am

Okay.. Think of it this way.. If you already own a Mercedes, why go and trade it in for a KIA???? PPPoE means you have to install software on your PC to get online like a DUN connection, you get a dynamic IP address, not so ideal for hosting servers, and typically a PPPoE connection is done via line share, which will also increase your lowest average latency, and will also take away as much as 20% of your total line bandwidth capability for overhead and signaling. Yeah.. It's cheaper, but you get what you pay for.

Carla C · Post by **Carla C** » Sun May 27, 2001 2:40 am

HI there!

I currently have ADSL with PPPoe and it's not so bad. My downloads are really fast and no downtime. It's true that you have to dial in like DUN but since I have a router it does everything automatically. For example when I open the browser it just takes a few seconds and i"M connected.

Of course there's a big difference between sdsl and adsl but for the money it is well worth it =).

I guess if you will host servers and ftp then you may want a faster upload. Don't spam me this is just my opinion =). Thanks guys

Carla

dmsmed · Post by **dmsmed** » Sun May 27, 2001 8:18 am

I should have provided you with all my info.

1. I have a router.

2. I only want to be able to surf as fast as possible.

3. I am not a gamer.

If I go through Earthlink, they can sell me a fixed IP address for a nominal fee.

Carla C · Post by **Carla C** » Sun May 27, 2001 10:14 am

Hi dmsmed!

You will be ok with ADSL if surfing is all that you will do =). By the way I did try one of those games that you can play online and my average ping is 40-50 if I play on servers close to me.

Other servers that are located further I ping about 90. I'm not really into gaming but the connections seemed ok to me. How much are you paying for SDSL anyway? I bet it's about 100 dollars at least.

I am only paying $40.00 a month

. Good luck

Carla

fish_antlers · Post by **fish_antlers** » Sun May 27, 2001 12:24 pm

I bet that this has been discussed a thousand times, but can someone please tell me in moron's terms how I can tell if my provider (who is hard to get a hold of) is using PPPoe?

Carla C · Post by **Carla C** » Sun May 27, 2001 1:03 pm

Hi Fish =)

The best way to tell is if you are using some type of software that you have to use to dial in. Something like Enternet 100 or 300 it's similar to Dial up.

Otherwise if you turn on your computer and you are connected then you are not using it

. Hope this helps

Carla

CM Weaver · Post by **CM Weaver** » Sun May 27, 2001 2:36 pm

http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/#PPPoE

dmsmed · Post by **dmsmed** » Sun May 27, 2001 4:07 pm

LOL, Thank you Mr. Weaver.

I'm sure the question probably seems foolish, I knew it stood for Point to Point Protocol over ethernet but that was about the extent of my knowledge.

As for Carla C,

I'm paying $49.95 for Telocity SDSL, 90% of the time I run about 700Kbps DL/UL. 10% of the time I drop down in the 400-500 range. My service is down roughly 1 week or less out of the year on average. I guess after hearing all of these horror stories maybe I should stay put?

dmsmed · Post by **dmsmed** » Sun May 27, 2001 4:13 pm

Needless to say if people have problems they will complain (there's nothing wrong with this) but I wonder how many people are perfectly happy with their various providers. I'd love to see how the ratio of people who aren't having problems stack up to people who are having trouble?

JackMDS · Post by **JackMDS** » Sun May 27, 2001 5:35 pm

I did survey among friends, almost all of them are happy.

Few additional questions revealed that they perceive that their system does what they want it to do, they don’t know at what speed, and they don’t care.

I was allowed to take a look at some of their computers, about 30% had the type of performance that will elicit complains from member of this board.

Some using DSL (784Kb/sec) while they can get for the same price Cable (3Mb/sec), however they were told that if a lot of people use Cable it get slow so they choose DSL because they were told that it is stable.

What they don’t know is that the “Slow” Cable is still faster then the Stable DSL.

Members of this board like to squeeze every possible Hertz out of their Cable/DSL service. How many of you spent so much time trying to squeeze every H.P. possible from your cars?

As the saying goes “to each is own”.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun May 27, 2001 7:29 pm

Diggin' my aDSL with no PPPoE. No login, no DNS host names like cable, just set to obtain automatically with no info at all, and away I go!

PPPoE was very bandwidth reducing in the beginning, but it matured over time. Still takes away around 6-9% of your bandwidth.

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