In researching my problems with Airport and Verizon DSL I came across this from August 2000. Is it true?
Q: PPP over Ethernet and AirPort Base? Q&A Joseph Felder writes: I have a couple of Macs and a PC networked using Airport. I currently use a dialup PPP connection, but will be upgrading to DSL in the next couple of days. I did a little checking yesterday and found out 2 things: 1) my ISP (Earthlink) and also Verizon's Infospeed both use Point-To-Point over Ethernet (aka PPoE) to connect to the internet using DSL, and... 2) The Airport Base doesn't support PPoE. To be honest I feel a little deceived by the claims that Apple made stating that AirPort Hardware Basestation supports standard DSL connections. This whole experience has been very frustrating (as well as expensive) with no happy ending in sight. My question is: Do you know if Apple has any plans to support PPoE on the Hardware Basestation, and if so, when? Answer: This has been a very popular question recently, with DSL rollouts accelerating across the U.S. and the world. The answer is that Apple does plan to support PPoE -- but there are issues with the current-model AirPort base that make the developmental software update to add PPoE support experience several problems. Apple's AirPort software team is working to get around these, but there remains a small chance that Apple will have to release a revised AirPort Base Station with updated hardware to address this issue. Either way, Apple hopes to have PPoE capability in its new AirPort bases by year's end (to bolster sales during the Holidays). Only time will tell whether the update will be transferrable to existing models -- but for now, the outlook is good. -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
