Re: ADSL web server up

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

Was it a non-BT engineer that called?

Is this available to anyone (who has an ADSL enabled exchange?).

Thanks

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>
To: "Ukha_D@Egroups. Com" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 12:59 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] ADSL web server up


> I had Dazzlefish ADSL installed this morning. I was given the first
slot
of
> the day (8 - 10:30), the engineer phoned at 8:10, arrived at 8:30,
changed
> the front of the master socket, gave me a speed demonstration on his
laptop,
> and left at 9:00. I phoned through to get my username and password
while
he
> was working, but tech support was busy.
>
> Madasafish have an option to leave a message if you wait for longer
than a
> few minutes so I did so, and was called back at 9:10, with a username
and
> password. He also gave me pop3 mail details
(timothy.morris@xxxxxxx),
> and advised that if I want to use multiple POP 3 accounts I should
sign up
> for their free dialup access, for as many accounts as I need.
>
> Connection was instant, and the ZDnet speed monitor shows a connection
speed
> of around 480k. According to the BT engineer my (small) exchange has
> capacity for 100 ADSL lines, and I am number 14!
>
> Interestingly, when I tried to set up internet connection sharing
using
the
> DSL connection, although LAN clients could access the internet, I lost
> NetBIOS sharing. Once I set the ADSL dial-up adapter's IP address to
the
one
> I'd been assigned, it went back to working.
>
> I've set up a temporary web server on http://212.38.183.172/index.htm
As
I'm
> using IIS 5.0 built in to Win2k pro which allows only 10 connections
> (roughly 3 concurrent users), I've disabled HHTP keep-alives, which
should
> allow more concurrent connections.
>
> I think I've set both the permissions and the firewall correctly. Let
me
> know!
>
> Tim.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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