My Reply follows quote. On 05/11/2005 07:50 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >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. ------------ Hmmm. Well, I just examined the settings of my Linksys router and see that the box for "Enable PPPoE" is not checked. There is a "note" below the check boxes that says "NOTE: PPPoE is for ADSL user only." What does this mean if "Verizon uses PPPoE for tracking?" They use it but it is not necessary?
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