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To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <8320c0f9-eef2-6198-478c-828b7b1d4eeb@youngman.org.uk> From: Dale Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Autocrypt: addr=rdalek1967@gmail.com; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mQINBFxc7MgBEAC+zrgEdqJJiDe/UDAB+ScmferXWfJTVjbVT2T4DQ7jiLrgP9aNUo1HioNF mrU3JPOCR32gvZyTbY1+niO5+VSo/+pSqQ785h6ZDj1klMkrg6tEzGnf2MNBpBj4houZwxQ+ WDKKTg2M9F+lv8wTIdR/JQn+hSviktLMtrghQlyLhpapsLXWLA6gMFebpQYwxUwemvan8ddX lQvJe9FGyFYvBi0dp1gl10F2O+DVZJxvX8xkX+yImVlhVJiC31gXHRcj+Qlo7gprlU7TIieF Uow6/ZvYKJ26pztVdFCg5w0rMJkF/x8Zd4A6wnuptiAPmWaQ1+YKgYDonbDUgwqFSx5/lN5z DGZ4LlioxeUTTPVvZsqBIeDz6jNFA583OYbo1/S26dqrvTFf2DKlsvoDpVfAhNlwJPjoixs0 X3FNqPv+M10n4kq5Iz7Q9E3O4s/nfFIYGocEslVka7zZPkXSaHbsn+KJlY8XV6qxtCEdh0/V XX1+1aU2J74M0JikWhpwxTZ1dP5aOyWSPPEgFFIRW6xwwC02SoRH9a7mggfGYp/YjPlONNaT SCL8sgRfvmq3D0XTbLyTjSbExxkfKDmbePQagawDE3TlI/oivHf1JaAcbwMb3LZuU4TGcOIl 5D+x7q0MUIeCop0ZFOwAnqW3AVVNvsBkv2KN+IHJryWAf0/iMQARAQABtBtEYWxlIDxyZGFs ZWsxOTY3QGdtYWlsLmNvbT6JAk4EEwEIADgWIQTZ7suruPBaS60bCYXvEM/XWu+ZnAUCXFzs yAIbIwULCQgHAgYVCgkICwIEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRDvEM/XWu+ZnN+7D/4/1dNG4aCz0+v+ 0dcjV5tY1feYEWCdHKyDzxWBxlCpd/0NPRQeNY4VMjbCl/sq7GkXi/c2SbfWDQ5BQRkkExG1 pSwuXSIehGok/4fpTi3HDAguRvzdCqlKPt7me05FyiC/WnpY5GOlJ3ruGw2qABv/RmV2q5b/ tkq7h1y1f16DTNr3/nsj8HzHcrHdXdL4kaYChSOe/dbQR9Stqak7eMyR+iwvrJMNF/CGl70P 2x5ybsXMDzRVOqNcpa5ZdhEMTVh6+vC1SOmm1BFMF8XCqBEvBbcHWDQmGYTdNCsS/ADm8CBl gvjJgLdIsAzoMu4WHQDFnzXAoArqFWgAf53isOS4AWrv29tF9b8Aa1vb7h5JEa+ArcMsA6Gl X38+GY6WXXaxKI9n3PTCWu9tPGnRh7mABjnwEosDDqmzw8aTAYECb3avDuGY2rmcjgh4H6RE w08d63j1T4d5J9wlm4TGtW/VHgbUFkATEdH3Acl/EjFiyqTiX7p8kU6Reu5enIkogA93xoQh Rmy7ZiST/5LN+ZkaOdyjIw0L+5KalslN9SKt809YxgJ6kPo657LNTFPiFvFA46/SEWcBYrzq Xk0wEW0gBRWf+BqN0qRhU0/EQ+QfRdLLFg2xtUePwlheYLXxfyDLrdCCOLWYpkzbjCZHLS4u 69smbvR9S9KBDNzJybxEWrkCDQRcXOzIARAA5IGRWTqaM44IJgBYghZg2fGj0Am7KWPhE7V7 T/EEe7vVSUEFqHtlHzI4ZK6Q0AZ9uAEjE8IJIQ7KoTjzNqAtabP0vp3s0szgtJlsZ+8vGKlQ my7fvzSrdoQL0Xn7CEwJYFXJ1EMUcYIQeoHG1cUAaXx73k9BFbjwjnUeMrqlV/ZovQlg7duW nESfQ7HZu5NrtYyY3jPMUouxiO9WQPh+IHxZbt1absF2VcvRAymD32RxGvMPbw6ChMRD/p9O 4PH7M5rXaxr78NXQX9E48vrI00f1cYb9NSN1HnSV8cW3jKObVjdBk6jPQwrMvdpgdQhUB9aZ HS/9mC9mmAgiXKyCpzXe7FPB6QznSfn4GIaC/luy1e6SLUkJhRK/niB+gq+Mfxg2zXNuDUTI cMGmpDCp3kgUoorkaltk8RW09io95BkXrGhcDNuSGZfAParBc7RXyYpbIcax8St7tEAd2oFh 4seYOPUlzuhGrPpqR/91wrFc4E1260GKauSr4UhMJv6tygBwyC0mmBMKi+ZXw6ZdZxA5fg7y 35P3TILjznCXXTDgRHq9A3NknKRMcgFacX6eIhANkMFo6oJVjuEgy1dvu1wFfDq7c+i8GAHu L4pYzyXYu6PporlNNU0xSwdVgzM/uuK0lt+UxCimgC+YR3IezgDcbfudb7h9dGIwL+bbPL0A EQEAAYkCNgQYAQgAIBYhBNnuy6u48FpLrRsJhe8Qz9da75mcBQJcXOzIAhsMAAoJEO8Qz9da 75mcXZ4P/1YXgWDZek7mhzrf6uaQzMxa92P89HeWz4PlgB/32symeEFAV04WazzBZffI8AYY rGA1Xmu/2VaB9+FOODyKhUWBc2UL0NRWBk6POwboyTdKlclmpixaN9zLcBt0YLejoRfN1B/5 aQf9/lUDZMnAiCyz0FgeqEMUshldmwWC35RqnjrCbbuk2vIqSH6BLDIXU6jQrLHE1DF0ai41 wLtQFAFXPhn45n0ZwYhVs4Z32z4sjXrIvgBgCaXa4HM+L1Klne0KiNM8ReFTTpTE0SgyDOSZ O3MOa2n77i6JbVtsbiFYnNeP3J9S/l3jevGpZEtNQOKrIm1MW8jGuHWtsDeMkT/mCcSodlkt PxIo+mMK9GpGvG2hW80LiohqNfUbNwAmr3blOYY4URPXPRnEnPs4pmTmL5owjw2dkg145i9I D42Tq+XZ6YtWt3SGzGbAYow6XwTwZ5NFAzV9UQuCGrDw4KWan6O6Z+VIYWsn0UMZlu1Obxna aocofkaUCbISK26kImuD1aA8juSHC18Qv1xUage6/UakbSxyDtACqt6hOVFKX3IA59ApdNRT +2x3iCmlvF9MJsGgFq6IpqL+Fk7iWV8Kjbz0wQOId6N9+JdQh3LrLaS7a1PowUm1z9DK5/O0 Yg+gpDnEOOFI7WM5u7a7FSM2Z/LXGVwel/0eWvLk9tN6 Message-ID: <994336cc-c090-38c0-f279-5c9b4a73bc39@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 22:24:53 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.5.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8320c0f9-eef2-6198-478c-828b7b1d4eeb@youngman.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: acb75629-b740-4f76-be0e-4db676deafe2 X-Archives-Hash: 5cfa3e351cff85d34e3fb9f32b8df11f antlists wrote: > On 04/12/2020 01:40, Dale wrote: >> Also, our local power company is about to start rolling out internet >> service.  It's done with fiber and the slowest package, 200MBs/sec, is >> over 100 times faster than my current DSL.  It only costs $4.00 a month >> more than what I'm paying now.  Their fastest package is 1GBs/sec. >> Dang, I can't even imagine that sort of speed.  Another good thing, same >> speed BOTH ways.  I can upload videos just as fast as I can download >> one. Yeppie!! >> >> My only thing now, I hope it works like DSL/cable/etc and just requires >> me to plug in a ethernet cable.  In other words, OS doesn't matter.  I >> suspect it does but we will see. > > We went to fibre recently. They put a new box on the wall which takes > an RJ-45 instead of the previous situation where ADSL took an RJ-11. > > All the blurb says "works with BT Hub 6", which we already had, so I > didn't bother getting a new router (you had to pay for the "latest and > greatest" Hub 7). > > When the guy installed it - "where's you new router, it won't work > with this one". No apparently you can't just plug it into any old > network port, the router needs a dedicated WAN link and the Hub 6 came > in two versions, one with an ADSL modem and one with a fibre uplink. > > So it sounds like you need to swap your ADSL router for a cable router > or whatever it is, but apart from that you'll be fine. > > (And then some sales guy working on behalf of BT knocked on the door, > was surprised to find we were already BT customers, and rigged up some > deal that (a) threw in a Hub-7 free, (b) changed our calling plan to > remove the one-hour limit and add free calls to mobiles, and (c) > knocked about £2 off our monthly bill!!!) > > Cheers, > Wol > > I visited with my friend who recently got the same type of internet I'll be getting.  Odds are, the boxes will be the same.  She has hers through a power company and that's what I'm getting, just a different power company.  Anyway, as I suspected, it has a little box which is the modem.  It looks a lot like a old AT&T Westel modem.  It's a little bit smaller but other than that, almost identical.  Then there is a bigger box that is a router.  I'm not sure of the brand but I don't think I've ever seen one like that before.  It includes wifi as well as the usual 4 ethernet plugins.  My friend only uses wifi.  She has a TV, laptop and cell phone.  Me, I'm desktop so I'd have a ethernet plug for mine.  Wifi for my cell phone tho.  Oh, printer too.  I assume I can use my router.  It has a ethernet cable going from modem to router.  Looks pretty simple to me.  If I can use my existing router, don't know why I can't, then it should be as simple as unplug cable from router, plug into new modem from power company and surf the internet, at blazingly fast speeds.  Whooooooossssshhh.  I have links to pics I took.  One is modem and one is the router.  Anyone recognize the router?  Anything special about it?  https://freeimage.host/i/KBNa6b https://freeimage.host/i/KBNYMu I hope that site doesn't annoy anyone.  I upload there but rarely go there for anything else.  I need to have me a server thingy somewhere I can upload to and keep things safe.  With this new internet, it is possible.  It uploads and downloads at 200MB/sec.  First backup may take a while but after that, it wouldn't be bad.  I wouldn't think of doing that with current DSL tho.  I'm excited to see this coming.  This is as good as when I went from dial-up to DSL.  Dale :-)  :-)