Hello Patrick;
On 18-Des-00, you wrote:
>
> Gidday Mack
>
> On 19-Dec-00, you wrote:
>
>
>> install on Jan 3, 2001. (2001... why is that number familiar) While
>> talking to
>> them I discover that they use PPPoE to deliver their service. I have not
>> been
>> able to find PPPoE mentioned in the Genesis docs or in the Genesis Arcive
>> on Vapor.com. My Question is, does Genesis support PPPoE or will I have
>> to switch to MiamiDelux.
>
> There is definitely no PPPoE.device in my system. I have never heard
> of it. . . There's nothing matching PPPoE on Aminet. The only
> mention of DSL is a patch for Miami. Is the Genesis in WB 3.9 the full
> deal, or was it just a hoax like Miami was with WB3.5?
>
PPPoE is PPP over Ethernet. Many ISP's use this "protocol" for their DSL
services. I do not have OS3.9 (yet - expecting it any day now :) ), so I
have no idea what that version of Genesis contaions, featurewise. However
MiamiDX has built-in support for PPPoE.
> Doesn't DSL come in through Ethernet? Perhaps just the standard
> Ethernet device driver for your X-Surf will do it.
>
Short answer; no - it won't.
Long answer; yes it will - if you get the Open Source PPPoE software for
*NIX (don't remember the URL, atm - I'll see if I can dig it up) and port
it to AmigaOS..
Now my question; AmiTCP is "built on" the world-famous BSD TCP/IP-stack,
right? (Yes, I'm a FreeBSD-user. :) )
If so; wouldn't porting the *BSD-version of the aforementioned
PPPoE-software be pretty straight-forward?
(I'm not a programmer (except from a few simple Perl/PHP-scripts), so I
would appreciate answers from one of the _many_ (I'm sure! :) ) programmers
out there...)
--
Bo
"No man with a good car needs to be justified" - Ministry
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