According to http://www.kc.rr.com/rrspeed.htm I'm downloading at 1661 Kbps. Dana ----- Original Message ----- From: Prof. Jerry Place To: Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 8:32 AM Subject: Re: Broadband > I simply use dhcp. I made the settings under my RH 6.1 and booted > and connected. As I understand it -- someone correct me if I'm wrong -- > the rrlogind session management is for accessing the Roadrunner (RR) > services. No startup problems for me as I recall. When the technicians > came to my house, I made the installation as they were pretty new. > Unfortunately, still got charged. > > I worked around the dynamic IP by going to myip.org and registering > for their dynamic DNS service. Now I use my own sendmail to > send/receive email. I check my RR mail rarely but since no one has been > given that address, I don't get much. > > Access under Win98 works fine, too. Again, just set for dhcp and let > the OS take care of things. There is a Win98 client for myip.org but > since I spend so little time under Win98, I don't have it installed. > > The big issue with Road Runner is bandwidth. The best I can get is > 32Kb upload and about 50-70Kb download. My headend must be fully > populated. Faster DSL is on the horizon -- up to 25Mb, thus the cable > modems are really a transitory technology as the cable companies are not > likely to give up one or two of their 15 home shopping channels to > provide faster Internet connections. I'd be interested in hearing what > transmission rates others are getting and how others get around the > dhcp. > > > > -- Jerry Place > -- CSTP