From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 27 0:53: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79DAB37B401 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:53:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.WURLDLINK.NET [216.235.52.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1E2743E77 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:53:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g8R7qmt18177; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:52:48 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:52:47 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: Alexander Kabaev Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Verizon DSL In-Reply-To: <20020926163326.3726c815.ak03@gte.com> Message-ID: <20020926215150.A45901-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Alexander Kabaev wrote: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:20:19 -0400 > Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > > Is PPP setup required? AFAIK, Verizon doesn't require an > > authname/authkey challenge, since it logs the Mac Address of the NIC, > > as well as the modem itself. I haven't been using PPP with AT&T for > > the last 4+ years, and it works well. > > > > TIA > > Lou > > It is possible that the service Verizon provides in your area is > different than one they privide here. Here Verizon DSL uses PPPoE and > ppp is definitely requited to connect. The way it works is the the Verizon known as BellAtlantic requires PPPoE while the Verizon known as GTE doesn't. BA uses a ATM network while GTE uses a Frame Relay based network. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message