[Gllug] [slightly ot] ADSL config fun

[John Hearns]

On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 10:04, Mark Lowes wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 08:41, Chris Bell wrote:
> >    I have been told that an ADSL box connected to a BT line must have its
> > own official IP address because of the complications involved in PPP over
> > ATM. I understand that the ATM data packets are all 48 Bytes,
You will impress your friends, and girls at the bar, by using the term
'cells' here. 
There's also a five byte header.


>with control data packets travelling a parallel route through the BT network.
I don't fully understand this statement - I'll kick myself when it is
explained.


> The IP connection is made by BT creating an ATM PVC between the CPE

Me Sir! Me! Me!
CPE = Customer Premises Equipment  (I think)




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