[NTLUG:Discuss] swbell dsl
Daniel L. Shipman
webmaster at srj.net
Tue Jun 27 10:15:19 CDT 2000
RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] swbell dslI am running two DLS lines with linux one running KRUD the other RedHat 6.2 - I run 13 windoz machines through them and 4 MACS - I have no problem and love DSL - my only regret is that I couldn't go with a real ISP who could relate to how I run my business - I had to go through SWBinternet - a bunch of idiots who can only configure MACs & Windoz - Once my contracts are up I will go with a company like netin.com - reasonably priced and totally awesome - there are others out there as well - I have not heard of August.net I will look into them. Mesh.net - is another that runs on linux they know what they are talking about - just very VERY difficult to get them on the phone - virtually impausible to get them to come out and help - at customer service they royally suck - other than that they are fine to go through - just don't go with swbinternet - very very bad choice on my part to go with them
----- Original Message -----
From: Gorwood, Steve
To: 'discuss at ntlug.org'
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 6:46 AM
Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] swbell dsl
I have dsl from swbell working on my system under both linux and windows.
I had some teething problems getting it up and running (due mostly to the
fact that I previously had no reason to get networking going on my standalone
system), but once I had the ethernet support working properly dsl worked
immediately.
Regards,
Steven Gorwood
-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com [mailto:Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 4:04 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] swbell dsl
I hate to bring this up yet again, but a friend jumped at SWBell DSL offer for
his windows, and now finds he can't connect with linux. I used to think these
were all just DHCP connections, but after looking at the windows connection, I
see it installs a dummy ip on the ethernet card and then a "PPPoE" connection on
top of that with its own routing information. I'm guessing it is "ppp over
ethernet". Of course they do not support anything but windoze and mac. I
suspect there might be additional authentication too, since the software takes
you to a website to sign on the first time.
Has anyone got this working thru linux? Was a solution brought up before? Is
there a searchable archive of NTLUG's mailing lists?
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