John BORIS on 3 Sep 2012 11:56:08 -0700 |
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Re: [PLUG] Strange networking (or Verizon marketing) question. |
eric, That gets four noses on the pinocchio scale. I have been a nj verizon customer since isdn days. Ran a wireless router for years on our dsl connection. Also used my own router. You have to remember that the first level support probably gets a commission on getting upgrades. If I remember correctly a consumer does not have to use the verizon modem so it could be swapped out fo r a linksys (enter your favorite brand). I think they ould just plug a wireless router into the dsl modem and set it up. They would enter their login and password and it should work. To verion it is just a device requesting an ip from their dhcp server. Fios is a bit more complicated as the router they give you also handles some sort of tv function. I amabout to see about using a different wireless router at home as the one the provide doesn't have good signal strength in my house. Good for security but a PIA when i want to use my ipad in the back of the house. John Boris >>> "Eric at Lucii.org" <eric@lucii.org> 09/03/12 6:05 AM >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday Shirley and I visited some friends for a wonderful day of fellowship and swimming, as well as great food and drink. In the course of our wide-ranging conversations they asked me a strange networking question. I have my suspicions (as revealed in the title of the email) but I just HAD to ask you folks. Background: They - live in Burlington County New Jersey. have a single computer. use Verizon as their ISP. have the "slowest" DSL available as they are not big Internet consumers. They called Verizon to ask about setting up wireless access for their network. The Verizon person said that they could not set up wireless without switching to FiOS. Allegedly: the DSL they have was "too slow" for wireless the higher speed DSL is no longer available on their street therefore, FiOS was the only option if they wished to have wireless. I called "BULLSHIT" and told them that the use of a wireless router was independent of the speed of their connection. Am I correct? Eric - -- # Eric Lucas # # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings... # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBEgPgACgkQ2sGpvXQrZ/4hOQCgvtcPukQM3U4dPNBrQQRbnKkQ gAEAoKq80I+dloeAj4mvioMYJwPuuS5b =/X5f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug