On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 21:09, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 16:12, Travis Fraser wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:34, Mike Burger wrote: > > > On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Austin Isler wrote: > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > Mike Burger wrote: > > > > > > > > Verizon DSL does not require a login. So the roaring penguin software > > > > is useless. > > > > > > Since when? My brother's Verizon DSL connection requires PPPoE > > > authentication, as do the 9 or 10 other connections I helped set up, > > > before I moved out of Verizon-land. > > > > > > > If you have a router, make sure your pc points to the routers IP as > > > > the Primary DNS and then enter into the DNS search path: dsl-verizon.net > > > > > > The router might also need the authentication information. > > > > > > However, let's find out for sure. Joseph...did you receive a user name > > > and password that you were supposed to use with your DSL connection? > > > -- > > > > I helped a friend in Philadelphia setup Verizon DSL recently. The > > connection is ethernet to the DSL modem that came in his install kit. He > > used a username/password initially when setting up the modem under > > windows. When we hooked up his linux box, the modem handed him an > > address via dhcp and it just works. No authentication or any pppoe. > > > > Travis Fraser > > > > Your description says it DOES use authentication. You had to put the > info into the modem to make it connect. Once that has been done the > modem does not care what is attached on the back side by ethernet. It > still uses PPPoE and authentication to connect. > > No PPPoE on the LAN side, but PPPoE on the provider (verison) side. > True enough, I just meant that no authentication had to be setup on his computer and no configuring of PPPoE. By the way, if this dsl modem is acting as a router, how does one go about setting up dynamic dns to his computer? Travis Fraser
