On Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003, at 11:31 US/Central, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > On 29/01/03 12:13, "Anne Judge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Yes, AFAIK, Verizon uses PPPoE. . . doesn't the system >>> (specifically the >>> TCP/IP control panel) has support for that kind of connection? OS X >>> definitely has it. Other than that, you might need a little >>> application that >>> will initiate the PPPoE connection, but that should be pretty much >>> it. >> >> OS X has PPPoE built in, and works fine plugged right into the DSL >> modem (I can confirm this as we used my husband's iMac this way >> before we picked up the router.) >> >> Classic Mac OSs DON'T have PPPoE built in, and the connection in >> question was explicitly described as using OS 9. >> >> The "little application" that initiates the PPPoE connection is what >> screwed up my system, necessitating a reinstall (since it was easier >> than figuring out what particular extensions needed reinstalling or >> prefs needed trashing - it wasn't just the obvious ones). I had 8.6 >> then, so I can't *explicitly* say this is also true of 9, but I'm NOT >> going to try it!! Some people apparently use it OK, but it CAN do bad >> things. >> >> Life was SO much easier after adding a router (D-Link 914 - $30 after >> rebates) that I wouldn't do it any other way. > > That's definitely the easiest thing to do. That's what I have at home, > a > Linksys router that is configured to manage the PPPoE connection and > keep it > active all the time. > > -Laurent. >
She is definitely still using Mac OS9, so it was tough for me to remember, and I had to boot up an OS9 to remember that there was no PPPoE in there, and the support is installed from the Verizon CDROM when all goes well. We have tried reinstalling Mac OS9 from software restore cd and then tried to install dsl after that, but that did not work either. I'm going to recommend the Linksys router as the best workaround for now, since there is consensus that it will solve the problem and is relatively cheap. Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone. JimS. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
