Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "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.
Many of those wireless hubs run embedded versions of Linux :) Or so I have heard. Just another reason to assume that tech support isn't being entirely honest. Bijan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
