Subject: Re: DSL help needed
From: Ben Jansen (ydl@kristamin.com)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 21:43:51 MST
Well, I know this isn't an immediate solution for your particular problem,
but you could switch your ISP to someone who assigns static IP addresses
(which is a must for anyone with broadband in the first place, IMO). PPPoE
is a joke anyway ;)
> I have verizon dsl. I just tried to get it running in linux using
> rp-pppoe using yellow dog. I set it up all according to the adsl-setup
> and rp-pppoe readme, yet I can still not get connected. All I get is
> adsl-start trying to start without doing anuthing (ie no activity on
> the modem). It eventually times out. Can anyone tell me what I am
> doing wrong. I had previosuly been able to set it up using Suse linux
> and tkpppoe, but I can no longer find the rpm I had downloaded for
> suse. Please help..i need this for school. I need to do my java in
> linux and i need access to telnet and ftp for my compiled programs.
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