Folks:
I'm preparing to move and to get Verizon DSL in Clearwater. (I have
Verizon DSL in New Port Richey at present.) The deal they're selling now
is that they'll give you a combination DSL modem with 802.11g wireless
router (you can turn off the router part). I'm not fond of commercial
routers because they're not as infinitely configurable as a Linux
router. Moreover I'm completely creeped out by using wireless because of
the security issues. Verizon DSL in Clearwater uses PPPOE.
This raises a some issues.
1. From some casual reading, it appears that if you are given a router
in combination with a DSL modem, you may not need to use PPPOE; DHCP may
work for you instead. (Reference: http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
). I'm not keen on using the wireless router; does that mean I'm pretty
much stuck with PPPOE?
2. In a normal PPP session, the connection times out after a period of
inactivity. Is this also true of PPPOE connections?
3. If my Linux router handles the PPPOE part of the handshaking (as in a
Coyote Linux router, which I have), then can the machines behind the
router simply act as though this is a standard ethernet connection with
regard to the internet (which they do now)?
Paul
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