Quoting Matt Holland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > You think so? PPPoE is really pretty easy to set up these days....
Glad to hear that, I guess. I deliberately avoid it, as it's a horrid and techically unjustifiable kludge that's best avoided. In general terms, any additional mandatory layer of software is yet another thing that can go wrong. People think this isn't a problem, until the day that setup doesn't work and it's necessary to do diagnosis. At that point, they learn the uncomfortable truth about how presence of too many suspects tends to complicate one's diagnostic efforts. > 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. Yes, that's definitely another problem area. -- Cheers, I once successfully declined a departmental retreat, Rick Moen saying that on that day I planned instead to advance. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Alan J. Rosenthal, in the Monastery _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
