Hi,

You cant make/buy your own cable - they use a proprietary connector that
joins the modem (looks like a PCMCIA dongle socket) to the cat5 cable.

I have had good success with woosh, with the only gripe that that latency is
astronomical for broadband. Strangely enough, the download speeds are very
good (usually 33k+). The modem is VERY picky about which way round things
are done. The modem must be turned on BEFORE the router (I use a Dlink 704P)
and the PPPoE connection started. It took me several hours of multiple
combinations to get it just right.

Cheers

Ben Milsom
Wir:ed

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On Behalf
Of Neil Gardner
Sent: Sunday, 23 November 2003 18:48
To: adsl@lists.unixathome.org
Subject: RE: Woosh

Haven't used it myself, but have spoken to people that have happily
tested it with Sonicwall and Netscreen firewalls.

One thing to watch though is that the latency is NOT as good as DSL,
even Jetstart. (Although Telecom's 'improvements' to the network may
bring that gap closer for jetstart. Remember, Woosh is (as far as I
know) some sort of CDMA variant and they all suffer from latency issues.

Cheers - Neil G

--- orig message ---
So, is this the right forum for discussing Woosh from a technical point
of view? Can I get the IP on my server like I do with the 3com PPPoE
solution? Can Woosh increase their speeds, or is 256kb/s the top speed
of the technology? If they fold, can I use the modem with anyone else?
If I move house, do I have to pay to "roam" (I ask because during the
launch there was something called free roaming, and I can only assume
this means you can move without it?).

--
Tom Parker - tom@carrott.org
           - http://www.carrott.org
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