Rick Moen wrote:
You think so? PPPoE is really pretty easy to set up these days, as the major distributions (SuSE included) come with PPPoE support, and very likely with a GUI tool for configuring it (OK, maybe Debian doesn't have the tool, I dunno). I know Red Hat now has a wizard-like tool for configuring network interfaces, and a quick look at SuSE's web page suggests that YaST2 can do this as well. You might as well be using M$, except that it works, and you don't have to reboot :) I wouldn't worry about PPPoE.Quoting Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):...but this largely doesn't matter for broadband. Most DSL/Cable
services connect to your internal network as an Ethernet hub. There's
no hardware issue here -- your network card will work just fine (though
your DSL/Cable provider may balk at dealing with GNU/Linux).The software issue with low-end providers requiring PPPoE is worth noting.
I would suggest being aware of one possible hardware issue, though... when I set up my DSL with Pac Bell 1.5 yrs ago, I had to specifically request a modem with an ethernet interface; the other "option" was a USB interface. Maybe they've gotten away from that with the near ubiquity of ethernet adapters in PCs now, but I'd make sure.
Matt
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