Easiest way I found to connect to verizon DSL was to purchase Linksys BEFSR41 cable/DSL router and connect through that. You just setup the router up to login to verizon and plug the ethernet cable from your network card into the router. You can either set up static IP on your computer or setup DHCP since the router can be configured as DHCP server. Verizon supports this type of setup so it is easiest to setup and maintain.
I have also used a old PC as gateway running pppoe, but I found verizon kept "improving" the software on their end and breaking the connection. It is pretty much useless to talk to their techs and get any kind of useful information from them. If you want to try connecting with pppoe, I think you will need to add 'default-asyncmap' as an option to the dsl-provider file. If you want to go this route, I'd have to set up old PC to check details of the configuration files. Easiest setup for mail is to use mozilla mail. You can pretty much follow verizon's instructions for setting up netscape mail under windows. I use fetchmail-exim4(previously exim 3)-procmail-mutt for mail. If you want to do this, you will need to configure exim to use plaintext authentication to send mail through outgoing.verizon.net. If you want to go this way, let me know and I'll post more detailed instructions for this. On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:00:21AM -0500, Christopher J. Noyes wrote: > I have DSL with verizon.com. It uses a Westel Wirespeed external modem connected to > a network card though ethernet. Does anyone know how configure this on debian? > Christopher J. Noyes -- Jerome
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