On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 13:10, Ric Otte wrote: > Hi, > > I saw that SBC/Yahoo had a DSL offer of $30 a month, and I called them > up to ask if it would work with Linux. The woman at tech support > confidently assured me, over and over, that it would not work with > Linux. I spoke to her a long time, trying to figure out why it wouldn't > work. She said that since they use pppoe and not dhcp, I couldn't get > an ip address with a dhcp client. But Debian has a pppoe package, and > there are also things like rp-pppoe. Although she could not explain to > me why it wouldn't work, she was absolutely positive it wouldn't. > > The modem/router they give out as part of the deal is a Homeportal > 1000sw. I checked that on the web, and it looks to me as if it uses > pppoe to connect to SBC, and then assigns either static or dynamic ip > addresses to computers plugged into it. It also says that it is Linux > compatible. > > So I find it very difficult to believe that Linux will not work with SBC > DSL service, unless they are intentionally doing something to prevent > Linux users from using their service. So I was wondering if anyone is > using SBC DSL, or knows if it will work. Any info would be appreciated; > thanks. > > Ric
I've been using SBC/Yahoo in San Francisco for over a year now. They gave me an Efficient Networks 5360 adsl modem, which I set up using ppoeconfig with zero problems. Recently I installed a wireless router between the modem and my box, getting my ip via dhcp from the router, and the router also had no problem doing ppoe. From all this, I would assume sbc is not doing anything non-standard. -- First Impressions are Bunk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
