My Reply follows quote. On 05/11/2005 09:47 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >At 9:14 AM -0800 11/5/05, Ken wrote: >>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? > >I take it that you are using that router and all is working. > >It means that either you have a static IP and they don't use PPPoE >for your account or that they aren't using PPPoE in your area. The >latter is likely because they acquired an ISP who wasn't using it and >haven't changed things (yet). > >If an ISP uses PPPoE it (generally) is necessary. > >Not all ISPs use it, even for dynamic IP addresses. And it can also >be used for static addresses. > >If it works without PPPoE enabled then don't worry about it. > >>I'm lost. > >Turn left at the next light. :) ------------- Must be that they don't use PPPoE in this area. At one time Verizon was known here as GTE. Don't know who acquired who or if it was just a name change, but...
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