| pinkee on Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:40:12 +0100 |
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 04:30:18PM -0500, Leonard Rosenthol wrote: > At 03:28 PM 3/20/2002 -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote: > >Ummm... PPPoE also enforces sign-on-before-service, which is > >actually quite handy. (Ask an College or University's network > >administrator who's probably still trying to figure out a good way > >to keep people from walking onto his campus and being able to do > >evil things to the outside world without it ever getting traced back > >to him.) > > Interesting point... I agree. In this case I think pppoe is a useful tool. but, forcing login's in some other manner must be possible without the limitations of pppoe. > >PPPoE may not be a good idea, but it's not true that the "only > >reason" for its existence is to bill you by the minute. > > I clarify that statement as "the reason PPPOE was invented" then... You forgot that by tracking connection by the minute they can institute a drop at n idle minutes feature, thereby making "always on" something the user has to actively seek. Roaring penguin does, somehow, prevent idle time drops, but I do not know in what way or how. pinkee (really, I am not affiliated with roaring penguin. I just despise verizon's (mis) management of all-in-one services.) -- www.cavegirl.org www.mydarlingchild.com "We could live for a thousand years but if I hurt you I'd make wine from your tears. I told you,that we could fly cuz we all have wings, but some of us don't know why." INXS Attachment:
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