Art Alexion on 19 Dec 2005 13:43:00 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] verizon dsl


John Von Essen wrote:

>I'm confused? What are you trying to do?
>
>The setup CD from Verizon is meaningless. All you have to do is put a
>router behind the DSL Modem and enter the PPPoE username and password
>manually. You can get that info from Verizon over the phone.
>
>Or.... Are you trying to use your linux box as the router and then run
>PPPoE on that?
>
>-John
>
>On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, ron kaye wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Been away for a awhile.
>>Sorry if this has been discussed before.
>>
>>Just got verizon dsl, with westfall 6100 dsl modem.
>>Ran through setup on my w2k box. All is well.
>>
>>I would like to do this instead on my RedHat 9 pc (2.4.20-6)
>>Ran /usr/sbin/adsl-setup. No problem.
>>
>>However adsl-start or �-connect just hang, though dsl and internet
>>lights are green.
>>
>>Suggestions? Roaring-penguin?
>>
>>    
>>
Roaring Penguin has always "just worked" for me. Whenever I have had a
Verizon problem, rp-pppoe has never been the culprit.

BTW, I am using my Linux box as a router with a win2k client. Let me
know if you need help setting that up.

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