On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 02:14:41PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:37, Paul Slootman wrote: > > > You only need pptp-linux if you use an Ethernet attached modem instead of > > > the USB attached modem (which is E50 cheaper). > > > > Yes, but often the line comes in many meters away from the system, and > > the simplest thing is then to run some UTP to the ADSL modem. > > In my apartment the line comes in many meters from my computer and I just ran > many meters of telephone extension cable to my modem which is next to my > computer. > > > > Also the Ethernet attached devices that they are selling are > > > reprogrammable and have PPTP capabilities. Getting a Linux machine going > > > without PPTP is doable. > > > > No. > > In the beginning the ethernet attached devices were easily hacked (the > > reprogramming you mention was in fact a hack, and would void any > > warranty). Nowadays the capability to do this has been removed > > entirely, as a colleague recently discovered when he tried this (he has > > a Mac with OS-X, and is having trouble getting the link up if he doesn't > > use the GUI interface to do that). > > I'm surprised to hear it's a hack. I am working for a major Dutch company > that is planning a major roll-out of broadband connected machines, and we are > planning to reconfigure all such modems as part of the standard installation. > > Maybe we are talking about different things here?
The method described on http://www.sateh.com/hacks/alcatel.php certainly looks like a hack. It basically describes a way to convert a Home model to a Pro model without paying. Given the price difference 'Home' and 'Pro' seem to imply, this is most probably not what Alcatel intended. Additionally, it says on that page: You have the risk of changing your modem settings and not getting them back in the correct original state. (...) Which also sounds like it's a hack. Maybe you _are_ talking about something different, though? -- Matijs van Zuijlen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
