On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 10:05:24PM -0500, 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.
>
> 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)?
>
FWIW, although the connection is PPPOE, the DSL modem apparently
handles all that, and the connection appears as it did before (without
PPPOE) to the rest of the LAN. My original Coyote router/gateway dropped
in and functioned as usual, without PPPOE support.
Paul
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