On Monday 01 November 2004 10:05 pm, Paul M Foster wrote:
> 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.
Verizon DSL in Clw is DHCP, I have both cable and DSL and can interchange
between them, so even if I had it wrong it would have shown up. Actually I
tried PPoE and it did not work.
> 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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