"Ric" == Ric Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ric> Hi, I saw that SBC/Yahoo had a DSL offer of $30 a month, and Ric> I called them up to ask if it would work with Linux. The Ric> woman at tech support confidently assured me, over and over, Ric> that it would not work with Linux. I spoke to her a long Ric> time, trying to figure out why it wouldn't work. She said Ric> that since they use pppoe and not dhcp, I couldn't get an ip Ric> address with a dhcp client. But Debian has a pppoe package, Ric> and there are also things like rp-pppoe. Although she could Ric> not explain to me why it wouldn't work, she was absolutely Ric> positive it wouldn't.
I use SBC/Yahoo DSL. It works. Just don't ask tech support. I don't use PPoE though, I have a wireless AP/hub in between my computers and the SBC provided DSL modem that does the PPoE. Cheers! Shyamal PS: Sorry for the reply to your account, but I figured you'd be interested in a positive data point. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]