I use BS DSL but under OS 9. It seemingly does not use DHCP, as I was instructed to use the "manually" setting, and it works fine.
Robert On 6/4/02 1:21 PM, "Lee Larson" <LeeLarson at mac.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at 12:52 PM, Ronald Broadwater wrote: > >> Bellsouth DSL is not supported in OS X. >> >> 1. You have to boot from an earlier system, such as OS 9!! >> 2. Insert the Installation Wizard that Bellsouth supplies. >> >> >> It is that easy. ?In order to use the internet though, I have to start >> up from the older system. ?I have not been able to start from OS X, >> then bring on Classic, then access the internet. > > I've not used BS DSL, but, unless they're doing something really stupid > like a USB-based DSL modem or proprietary PPPoE, it shouldn't be very > hard to get it working under OS X. (Even with ordinary PPPoE, it should > work.) > > This was the same story when cable connections started rolling out. It > turned out that there really wasn't a problem, just a lack of knowledge > on the part of the cable company. > > Here's what I'd try--assuming a TCP/IP connection to the DSL modem. > > Get it working under 9 and then open up the TCP/IP control panel to copy > all the numbers you see there for the Ethernet connection. Then restart > to X. Bring up the Network panel under System Preferences and fill in > everything the same way under the TCP/IP tab. Does this fail? > > The one klunker that could get in the way is DHCP authentication. I > don't know how BS does it. > > If somebody with this problem lives reasonably close to me, I'd be > interested in coming over and trying to get it working under X, just to > see what BS is doing. > > --- > Lee Larson, Mathematics Department, University of Louisville > Phone: 502.852.6826 FAX: 502.852.7132 > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be June 25. > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be June 25. For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
