You've probably gathered this by now, but.. As someone rightly pointed out it needs to support PPP over ATM (PPPoA) if it's for ADSL in the UK. The only thing that varies between here and other countries are the ATM settings (VPI & VCI, I think), which are usually set by software.
But watch out, some modems and other nice things (e.g. cheap combined router, firewall, 802.11 APs) only support PPP over Ethernet. Which is what most of the USA use for ADSL. PPPoE only ever seems to be used here by Cable Broadband providers. Dunno why BT went for PPPoA when PPPoE is more common and simpler. Oh, wait on, it's more esoteric.. Andrew On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Huard, Elise - D C&W Consultant wrote: > Thanks for both your answers - i'll check the site out (and look up oA > versus oE :-) ). > (no access to internet in work, it's annoying) > > > > ---------- > > From: Paul Millar[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 13 December 2002 10:50 > > To: Scottish Linux Users Group > > Subject: Re: [Scottish] OT : ADSL modems (fwd) > > > > Hi Elise, > > > > I don't know about ADSL modems, but I asked a mate who does. He says > > should shouldn't have any problems with foreign h/w (as ADSL is supposed > > to be a standard), but you might want to check > > > > http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ > > > > for a "definitive" answer :) > > > > Cheers > > > > Paul. > > > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > -- > > Particle Physics (Theory & Experimental) Groups Paul > > Millar > > Department of Physics and Astronomy > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > University of Glasgow > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland > > http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/paulm > > +44 (0)141 330 4717 A54C A9FC 6A77 1664 2E4E 90E3 FFD2 704B BF0F > > 03E9 > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Scottish mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > > > *********************************************************************************** > This email and any accompanying files are confidential. If you are > not the intended recipient you must not use, copy or disclose the > content. If you have received this email in error please contact the > sender by return email and delete this message. > Thankyou for your co-operation. > ************************************************************************************* > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
