01-25-2006, 11:47 AM
I've got the 15Mb hookup. Right now they are installing it with the wireless router for free, whereas when they did my install all I got was the 4-port wired router.
No matter, I just plugged in my Airlink 802.11g router(with 4-port switch) and set it to PPPoE, works great.
Doesn't work with macs in this case means that they just don't want to support it.
So go for it, it's wicked fast, but you will only notice a difference when downloading large files, there really is no speed increase in loading basic webpages since this has more to do with server speeds, latency times, and the speed of your own computer to render the pages. It's great though, I can get over 1MBps (yes one MegaByte per Second) when downloading from enough different servers.
Save them the bother and just setup your mac beforehand, all you need is to set your Network prefs to DHCP and it will auto-configure. You DONT need to set your mac to PPPoE, contrary to what the techs tried to do with mine.
No matter, I just plugged in my Airlink 802.11g router(with 4-port switch) and set it to PPPoE, works great.
Doesn't work with macs in this case means that they just don't want to support it.
So go for it, it's wicked fast, but you will only notice a difference when downloading large files, there really is no speed increase in loading basic webpages since this has more to do with server speeds, latency times, and the speed of your own computer to render the pages. It's great though, I can get over 1MBps (yes one MegaByte per Second) when downloading from enough different servers.
Save them the bother and just setup your mac beforehand, all you need is to set your Network prefs to DHCP and it will auto-configure. You DONT need to set your mac to PPPoE, contrary to what the techs tried to do with mine.