Someone else has answered some of this while I was typing this mail, but it doesn't harm to say it twice if it is right. :-)
>> "MS" == Michael Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MS> Hi, Thanks for your reply.. im with iiNet in Australia, on another MS> machine, i use an Alcatel Ethernet Modem, and i dont need to set MS> up ppp.. i simply assign an i.p address to the ethernet card that MS> the modem is plugged into, and it works.. i dont seem to need ppp MS> of any kind. You almost certainly do have a PPP connection it just starts in the modem. The modem sets it up and PPPs/de-PPPs the traffic as it passes through. As your ISP supports the Speedtouch, then they must be using either PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) or PPPoA (PPP over ATM) as that is what the speedtouch supports, and the ISP will require PPP packets to arrive at the other end. Iinet's support pages seem to be based on the principle of "what they don't know won't worry 'em", so there is no actual information there, so it is impossible to tell which. There is, AIUI, currently no support for PPPoE on the speedtouch, but PPPoA seems to be much more common on ADSL systems outside the US. [waits for correction] MS> On this machine however i must use a usb modem.. can i just load MS> the usb driver, and assign it an i.p address ? Nope. You could have a USB ethernet adapter and another ethernet modem though. HTH Pete -- Peter Riocreux, Amulet Group, Dept. Computer Science, Manchester University, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, M13 9PL, UK. <http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/amulet/> Voice: +44 161-2753547 Mobile: +44 7970-611366 Fax: +44 161-2756236 Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
