[plug] [OT] new WN adsl plans

[Ben Jensz]

senectus wrote:

>Heh.. greets dude.. yes the same senectus 
>
>Can someone explain this ADSL bridging to me? Does westnet do bridging?
>  
>
A bridged connection is a layer 3 connection.  All data is routed to you 
via a /30 IP subnet via Telstra.  So you have one IP from the /30 on the 
external interface on your router and the other one is on the Telstra 
endpoint router.  On layer 3 pppoe, when you traced you used to get a 
couple of 172.x.x.x hops - one of those hops becomes the bridged 
endpoint.  There is of course no ppp encapsulation on it, as there is no 
authentication required.  So this has the advantage of removing one 
thing from possibly causing you to have issues.

Its generally used to route IP address subnets (anything from a small 
one, to a full /24).  And yes, WestNet will do this if you request it.  
We're with WestNet at work and our connection is bridged.


/ Ben