Kevin Ross put forth on 10/31/2009 4:36 PM: > If there's any uncertainty on your part, maybe you could tell us what ISP > you're using, and in what geographic region.
DHCP = username and password _not_ required DHCP has no concept of security credentials PPPoE = username and password _required_ PPPoE is all about security credentials The uneducated may unknowingly assume these two terms refer to the same thing (they don't), as one important result of both is a dynamically assigned IP address. However, the architecture of how each of these works is quite different. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol_over_Ethernet Hope this helps. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
