PPPoE -> DHCP : how to switch ???

[Gustavo Carreno]

Hello Vincent,

Monday, January 31, 2005, 5:45:46 PM, you wrote:

> Oh dear...

> My ISP is about (anytime this month, maybe as soon as tomorrow), to
> increase my connection speed from 64Kbps up to 1024Kbps, for the same
> price.
> Great I thought. But, I just read on their site, that they have changed
> the rules. Currently, I connect to my cable modem using PPPoE. But my
> ISP says that when I switch speeds, I will have to connect using DHCP
> instead ! Cool, "DHCP", these 4 little letters that sound mysterious and
> always scared the hell out of me... now I must face them ! :-/

  DHCP  is  not  a  "connection  protocol", pass the expression, but a
  protocol  to  get a IP address OVER an existing Internet connection,
  so  first  you'll  have  to know what connection are they gonna give
  you.

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Best regards,
 Gustavo                            mailto:gcarreno at gcarreno.org