On Thursday 15 August 2002 16:51, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Amir Tal wrote: > > the cable companies in Israel changed the method users are connecting to > > them from web-based authentication to pptp. > > i have written a HOWTO explaining how to connect with the new setting. it > > can be found here : > > > > http://whatsup.org.il/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=17 > > The cable companies? > > It is rather a specific ISP to which you through cables. That specific ISP > (netvision) does not operate a cables network directly. A standard > connection stilly only requires an ethernet card and dhcp. Right?
yes. the connections script that invokes pptp checks for the cables internal (10.40.x.x) IP address before dialing. it actually creates a VPN tunnel to the isp using the cables network, much like with ADSL. only with ADSL the tunnel is created to the ISP using a phone line instead of the cables. -- ======================================= Amir Tal Owner, Founder Whatsup, Hebrew Linux Portal Voice: +972-8-9363164 Cell: +972-58-978979 ICQ: 15748705 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.whatsup.org.il ====================================== ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
