PPPoE is supported on Linux. You can't ignore it; using it isn't too painful
(the biggest nuisance is being stuck with dynamic IP addressing, as I recall).
The Debian package for it is called pppoe (as you might guess). No doubt
there's an .rpm with a similar name, if you're in that subset of Linux.
As with many ISP-related things, getting it going on Linux is a bit harder
... not due to any intrinsic difficulty, but due to the widespread lack of
ISP support.
At 06:58 PM 3/28/00 -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
>I'm looking into ADSL, and, of course, Linux is not supported by the
>local phone company. I gather there are work arounds, but what disturbed
>me was the 'phone company saying that support was limited to Windows and
>Mac because they use a PPP-OE protocol, which is "PPP on Ethernet."
>
>Does this mean that the telco is using a protocol that effectively
>prevents my having my ISP use their ADSL service? Os this a proprietary
>protocol? Can I simply ignore it?
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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