At 04:55 PM -0800 11/04/2005, Clark Martin wrote:
At 7:04 PM -0500 11/4/05, Gary & Jamie Witmer wrote:
I was considering a Verizon DSL account until the Verizon rep told
me I need OS X. I recall a thread sometime ago about using DSL w/o
using all the Verizon software. Could anyone point me in the right
direction in the archives to that info, or does anyone have
experience using Verizon DSL on a power mac (not upgraded to G3 or
G4)? I have a Performa 6400/180, and am running OS 8.1
I'm going to assume here that Verizon DSL uses The Abomination known as PPPoE.
Yup. Verizon uses PPPoE for tracking. :\
That would be one reason for requiring OS X. While there are OS 9
clients, they have problems. OS X's PPPoE client appears to work
reasonably well.
Something about the flavour of PoE that Verizon uses - it doesn't get
along well with MacPoet etc. Stable with the built-in support in
Panther and Tiger tho.
A simple way around it though is to use a router, even if you only
have one machine. The router deals with PPPoE and your computer(s)
only need to access it via ordinary TCP/IP.
That's what I've had to do with all my clients here. Reasonable
solution, IMO. PPPoE is a PITA. The farther away from your Macs and
PCs it is, the better.
FWIW,
- Dan.
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