On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 10:14:31AM -0500, James Yeung wrote:
> Things seems to be complicated now. My Alcatel Speed Stream DSL modem is
> USB, so I can't just plug it to my ethernet card...in fact, I don't even
> need a network card now unless I want to hook it up to other computers in my
> house. So my problem is getting Linux to recognize the DSL modem through USB
> and use PPPoE...all this instead of DHCP. But I don't know anything about
> newer DSL modems possibly having PPPoE routers built in...does anyone know
> how I could find out if my modem has these routers?
> Any why has Swbell stopped using DHCP? Or do they still use it, but now
> I have to use PPPoE w/ the new modems? I think I'd rather get an older modem
> that I can plug straight into an ethernet card...
>
> James
Yikes...what a mess. I had no idea things were getting so windowsy so
fast. Can you exchange the USB modem for one that connects via RJ45
ethernet? At least you would have a chance of getting it to work right
now. I'm pretty sure there are no Linux drivers yet for the speedstream
USB.
As for why SWBell stopped DHCP, I'm not exactly sure. Obviously it is
still available since I am using it, but I don't know if it would be
available to new customers. The fact that they ran out of IP addresses to
hand out via DHCP a few months ago probably was one reason to move toward
PPPoE. www.dslreports.com has some decent information concerning all
things DSL.
Daniel
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