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> From: Darryl Lee
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] Cable vs DSL (combined reply)
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> PPPoE is "Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet". It requires special
> software to be installed on your machine that "dials-in" and authenticates
> you everytime you want to use the net. It goes really fast, since it's over
> Ethernet, but it is an added nuisance and often mucks with the TCP/IP stack,
> which is bad if you say, want to use a VPN client that also mucks with the
> TCP/IP stack.
>
> The general consensus seems to be that ISPs/LECs use PPPoE to make better
> use of their IP space, or for accounting purposes. Of course most techies think
> this is pretty much BS, since you can log plenty of information (and make fair use
> of IP space) using DHCP.
>
So do most DSL providers require the use of PPPoE? Do those cable ISPs do the same thing?
I see PPP in the TCP/IP control panel (OS 9). I don't see PPPoE. Is there some additional software I'll have to install?
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Tom Roth * tel 336.716.4493
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Dept of Biomedical Communications
Medical Center Blvd * Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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