Usually, yes. Almost all DSL providers now use PPPoE--even for statics--on
new accounts. There are exceptions, however...who the provider?
Just put it in the router, and you shouldn't have to deal with it again.
Ignore idiots who try to claim that PPPoE adds a lot of overhead. In fact,
PPPoE overhead is approximately 0.8%--approximately 3KB/s on a 3mbit
connection. The real overhead on DSL is ATM cell encapsulation. That adds
around 20%, but is encountered for any DSL link.
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:13 PM
Subject: [H] DSL Broadband Connection: Need username and password for
NetAccess?
With this kind of broadband connection, does one need to give a
username/password to a router to get access to the net? I know my cable
modem doesn't require such, but does DSL?
Tx.
