Greg Sevart wrote:
Usually, yes. Almost all DSL providers now use PPPoE--even for
statics--on new accounts. There are exceptions, however...who the
provider?
I'm not sure...I think it's bellsouth....it's my dad and he's in
huntsville and I'm not.
Just put it in the router, and you shouldn't have to deal with it again.
Well, my brother got my dad on DSL and got it hooked up to an old-model
linksys 4-port router of mine. So he got it working and MAY have put
the username/password in. Dad hasn't a clue. Now we're trying to take
him wireless so he can use his laptop anywhere without a wire....and the
linksys step wants to know username/password for DSL. I tried to treat
it as a cable connection and bypass inputting any usn/pw info, but it
didn't work. I guess I can get him to call his ISP and find out.....
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.
Well, dad won't care so I don't. I just want to make the new stuff
work. Right now, he's back running with the old stuff while the new
stuff sits in teh box.
Oh, I'd get by brother to deal with it but he's MIA....
Greg
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Q. Martin"
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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.
