>When BellSouth switched their DSL from PVC-per-customer to PPPoE I remember having to compress the config due to static pvc config on many of 7204/6 kit, the switch made it much more intuitive to manage.
-- m On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Once upon a time, Barry Shein <b...@world.std.com> said: > > The attraction of DSL was, among other things, that it was nailed down > > to one and only one service provider, you couldn't just "dial" some > > other provider like with ISDN. > > When BellSouth switched their DSL from PVC-per-customer to PPPoE, it was > set up with the ability for a single line to be "subscribed" to multiple > providers. The domain in the username used for PPPoE authentication was > to determine to which provider the session was connected. > > I don't know if that capability was ever used (or even actually > available). > -- > Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> > Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. > >
