On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I'm trying to get set up for Bell Atlantic's DSL. They are telling me on the tech (no)support line that I have to use either NT workstation 4.0 (not server, mind you), some DOS based windows e.g. Windows98. Since I don't run any of these, I am in something of a fix. I do own a copy of NT workstation, but I would hate to install it just to make an internet connection.
Does anybody know if and how I could use Linux to make my DSL connection to Bell Atlantic? The people I spoke with really don't know how this works other than that I have to install BA's software. It uses something they call PPPO (PPP over ethernet) anybody know what this is?
If you have the option, get an EXTERNAL DSL interface that connects to your computer via Ethernet. With that arrangement, the OS on your computer is irrelevant. Aside from those, I haven't yet found a DSL interface that is declared to work with anything other than Windows 9x. Of course, I haven't looked at a great many. (Windows-headed idiot installers will just LOVE me if they try to put in an internal card... my firewall runs Linux, and doesn't have any PCI slots.) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/