Hmmm. The Cisco router that USWest supplied me for my DSL
connection is a single-computer router about the size of a
small answering machine. It contains the username and
password and other settings for connecting to uswest.net.
On my single computer connected to this router via eth0,
I just setup eth0 to use dhcp. That was it. The router
uses NAT, which is essentially masquerading. dhcp on my
computer initiates acquisition of an ip address.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 11:10 AM
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Subject: RE: DSL QUESTION
bell atlantic uses ppp over ethernet (pppoe) which requires you to send a
user-name and a passwd. it is like an ordinary dialup modem, in a sense....
i think i might need to use pppoe but i could be wrong. i tried the dhcp
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Patrick O Neil
wrote:
=>I don't know about pppoe (whatever that is)...I simply use
=>dhcpclient (replacing the sucky pump). That's it. Dynamic
=>ip is not a problem (leave ip, DNS, gateway, etc, entries in
=>inetcfg blank - dhcp handles all that).
=>
=>I have RH 6.1 with USWest DSL. They use dhcp too so there
=>should be no real difference. They also do not explicitly
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