How difficult is DSL self installation?

[Johnlee]

It doesn't sound like it takes much.

Has anyone done this or have any knowledge on the subject?

TIA.

johnlee

 

[Rakkis]

It varied form company to company. It usually ranges from jsut typing IP settings in your network settings to installing software and doign it in there.

Not difficult at all if you have a basic understanding of routers/IPs/dns

 

[jrwicker]

I live outside of Atlanta and have DSL from Bellsouth fastaccess, I got the selfinstall USB modem. No problem setting it up. My sister could have done it. Only thing is that the speeds that I had were not that impressive at first. I was getting 600 down/200 up. Went to DSL reports and got registry tweaks and new I consistently get 1200down/254 up. I think my upload is capped, because I never get higher than 254. My ping times playing online(quake mostly, some madden) don't seem to suffer.

 

[esung]

It's not hard.. just install the filters, NIC, modem and setup PPPoE per instruction (assuming you are on PPPoE), or it's even easier if you have static IP.

 

[Crab cake]

Hey Johnlee,

It's been a while. Any new chick from the video store?

Anyways, it's not that difficult at all. Earthlink offers do it yourself DSL installation kit that's basically a DSL modem, a patch cable and a couples of adapters and line filters for the phone line. The instruction couldn't be any clearer. It's so easy that even cable provider like Roadrunner offers do it yourself installation kit for cable. Don't forget to ask for a free month when you call them. They all offer this right now but not many know about it.

 

[Johnlee]

Thank you all. I was already pretty confident, even more so now.

Crab cake-haha! Good memory. I ditched that chix0r.

Earthlink is what I was thinking. I have an email into them because I want to keep my dialup ELN account (unlimited not the 20 hours they offer with dsl) and also have dsl. I don't know if they have packages like that or not. Work is paying so money is no object. hehe

 

[weshuang]

jrwicker,

I have a deal that from Verizon that caps me at around 560k down and 128 up, I believe. To get more would cost more. Are the registry settings you refer to able to release those caps somehow? How can I find them -- is there a website?

 

[ROJAS]

If you have a network card installed in your PC, half the battle is over. If you need a guide try looking at DSLreports.com or http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/.

 

[Bleep]

ROJAS:
Your link is not good.
bleep

 

[Asif]

weshuang
those tweaks do not work for all setups
you probably are setup like I am
the ISP puts caps in their equiptment to slow you down to your "paid for" speed