On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:11:25 -0800, Robert Tucker wrote: > I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set up for DSL (which > I'm using under W95. I need to know what program(s) I'll need to get > online with linux.
This depends on the particulars of your DSL service. E.g. here in .nl the former telecom monopolist provides a DSL service which requires PPTP VPN (and thus for Linux use, a patched pppd) and custom log-on scripts (using a webportal), whereas my employer offers DSL based on simple DHCP (and thus for Linux use only requiring a DHCP client). HTH, Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan