PPPoE is in LM 7.1. I haven't used it thought.
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: james.fogg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 1:11 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [expert] PPPoE and DSL
>
>
> I might be ready to hang myself.
>
> I live in a rural area of Pennsylvania, USA. I have a "mom
> and pop" phone
> company/isp that cannot even spell ISDN. I was shocked when
> they announced
> ADSL for my area (I even live within the 2.5 mile radius from
> my POP as
> required). I thought my unreliable and s-l-o-w (24000 baud)
> ISP connection
> blues were finally over. I was disappointed (but not
> surprised) to learn
> that my telco/isp does something weird to make it difficult
> for me. They
> require the use of PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet). I think they
> are using it for
> radius authentication through PPP-PAP (at least they do this
> for dial-up
> accounts).
>
> I use a Mandrake 6.1 box for ppp dial on demand and simple firewall
> services. I was hoping I could just add a second NIC and
> interface it with
> my DSL router, but I guess it isn't that simple. Is there a
> PPPoE solution
> (the simpler the better, RPM's appreciated) for Linux/Mandrake?
>
>
