You can usually tell from the modem you're using. The GTE one is
a Fujitsu/Orkit and uses DHCP. The BellAtlantic one uses modems from
Efficient Networks/Siemens, Westell and Alcatel and uses PPPoE. What was
the name of the telco before it was Verizon, that's one way to tell.
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On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> Now I'm getting confused. I guess I'll have to be ready to set either
> one up.
>
>
> Thanks for the info guys.
>
> Lou
>
> On 09/26/02 09:52 PM, Vincent Poy sat at the `puter and typed:
> > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:20:19 -0400
> > > Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is PPP setup required? AFAIK, Verizon doesn't require an
> > > > authname/authkey challenge, since it logs the Mac Address of the NIC,
> > > > as well as the modem itself. I haven't been using PPP with AT&T for
> > > > the last 4+ years, and it works well.
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > > Lou
> > >
> > > It is possible that the service Verizon provides in your area is
> > > different than one they privide here. Here Verizon DSL uses PPPoE and
> > > ppp is definitely requited to connect.
> >
> > The way it works is the the Verizon known as BellAtlantic requires
> > PPPoE while the Verizon known as GTE doesn't. BA uses a ATM network while
> > GTE uses a Frame Relay based network.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Vince - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Vice President ________ __ ____
> > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ]
> > WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ]
> > San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ]
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> > Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin
> >
> >
>
>
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