Connecting to L2TP

[Dotan Cohen]

Next week I'm converting another Windows XP box to Ubuntu. Currently,
she connects to the Internet via a cable modem and dialer software in
Windows. I contacted the ISP but they don't know what the L word
means. When I tell them I'm running Linux (or Ubuntu) they insist on
knowing what version of Windows it's running under before helping at
all. As she's got another 8 months on her contract with them,
switching ISP's is out of the question.

What program can connect to a cable modem and dial? She has this information:
1) host name
2) user name
3) password
4) L2TP

The modem is a Motorola SB5101 SURFboard Cable Modem. Her ISP has only
Hebrew and Russian homepages, and neither work well in Firefox:
http://www.012.net/Templates/Homepage/Homepage.aspx
http://www.012.net/homepage.aspx?FolderID=15&lang=ru&tabn=0

Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il
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