On Friday 31 Jan 2003 2:58 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Thursday 30 January 2003 10:29 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 10:17 pm, Anders Lind wrote: > > > > PPPoE is basically already built into the system, > > > > else you can use the PPPoE client from say, Roaring > > > > Penguin (RPM based so no thinking required) - I > > > > personally would try to stay within the actual > > > > parameters of the operating system - I tend to stick > > > > with what's already built into the networking before > > > > finding an alternative, but everyone likes their tea > > > > a different way! > > > > > > I should have a look at it.... > > > > I changed from modem to adsl just before I changed to > > 9.0. It was such a no-brainer with standard Mdk tools > > that I can hardly remember doing anything - and I > > certainly couldn't be called experienced. 9.0 detected > > it automatically, so I didn't need to do anything as far > > as I can remember. > > > > Anne > > Anders, I suppose you live in Sweden where most things are > like Denmark (maybe except the booze). In Denmark it's not > necessary to use PPPoE, we use DHCP instead. I think PPPoE > is mostly an American thing. All I had to do was to > connect the *splitter* to the phone outlet, then the > ADSL-modem to the splitter and, finally, the ethernet card > to the ADSL modem. Reboot. Voila. No change of settings. > That sounds like the same system we have.
Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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