Joerg Mertin wrote: > John Lewis wrote: >> I would strongly agree with Andrew on the router issue. At least if >> the PPPOE client is running on your Linux box you have much more >> control over how the link comes up and down. For instance you can >> configure how often the client checks the other end of the connection, >> if your DSL line is buggy it helps to minimise down time. Indeed a lot >> of DSL routers seem to give up after having a few problems until you >> reboot them. Not very good at all. >> >> As Andrew says most routers allow PPPOE passthru or bridging mode as I >> more often see it. I even go one step further and use a USB DSL modem >> and PPPOA instead. You don't need an ethernet card and I have found >> the ping times significantly better. The Zoom 5510 and Dynamode USB >> modems are conexant based and therefore compatible with Linux. I here >> speedtouch are too but I haven't come across them. > > Agreed ... > Wrote a FAQ Entry for one of the Sconexant based USB modems :) Sorry - this link is wrong (IUt's my Devel system ;) behind the Firewall). This is the right one ;) http://stargate.solsys.org/mod.php?mod=faq&op=extlist&topicid=12&expand=yes#102
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