Do a bit a research before you take the plunge. I almost went with MT&T (in nova scotia) and their ADSL service. However, I found out that they are using some nasty proprietary Novell gunk. I went with a cable modem instead.
The install was very sweet. Before the tech came I installed and tested an ethernet card. I installed Dhcpcd (?? what ever the client prog is). When the tech came I plugged in the modem to my card and I started /etc/init.d/dhcpcd. 3 seconds later I was surfing the net :-) The tech's comment: "Wow, that was easier then a Mac install with built in ethernet." :-) I edited the /etc/init.d/dhcpcd script. I added the option "-- eth0" as I have multiple cards. (The -- tells start-stop-daemon that the rest of the line is cmd args to the daemon.) -- Stephen Gregory > > > In my area ( Pacific Bell ) the connection to ADSL is ethernet. You > simply get rid of the PPP connection and install a standard ethernet card. > > > On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, rob wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > My local phone company is offering internet access through ADSL and I'm > > considering hooking up with them. Could someone tell me what all would be > > involved in changing over my Linux box to use their ADSL instead of using > > my dialup PPP? Does their modem require special drivers? > > > > thanks, > > > > rob > > > George Bonser > If NT is the answer, you didn't understand the question. (NOTE: Stolen sig) > http://www.debian.org > Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
