A New User Experience

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 09:18 +0800, Michael T. Richter wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-26-07 at 13:06 -0500, Alex Mauer wrote: 
> > > It sounds like we need more hardware details to debug this.  Is it
> > > really that common for ADSL providers to require the host to use PPPoE?
> 
> > In a word, yes.  I can say with certainty that SBC does this, at least
> > in (some parts of?) Wisconsin.
> 
> I've never seen a DSL provider in Canada nor in China that didn't use
> PPPoE.  Cable?  Doesn't.  China Railcom (who uses some bizarre system
> of their own)?  Doesn't.  But any actual DSL provider?  Never seen one
> that didn't use PPPoE.

Yes, mine uses PPPoE too.  The difference is that each PC is not
required to connect via PPPoE - it's handled by the DSL modem, which you
just plug into via Ethernet or USB and get a NATed IP.

Lee