On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 12:35 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 03:06:47PM +0100, Nils Philippsen wrote:
> I guess it's a good thing to think of "dialup" as containing ADSL as
> well (connecting to the Internet is what matters to users). For me, any
> OS where I can't go online doesn't cut it. And yes, I have a WLAN router
> box, but no I don't use it as such ;-).
Does your ISP require pppoe?
Yes. I've yet to see an ISP in Germany not requiring PPPoe if you want
to do DSL -- perhaps there are some because I've got an old DSL modem
with a connector for ATM besides the Ethernet one.
Nils
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