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Re: PPPoE (was RE: [PLUG] DSL, Bell Atlantic, and Me)
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From: Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 21:34:32 -0400
>At 6:47 PM -0400 10/9/00, Andrew White wrote:
>>For the record, DCANet does not use PPPoE. PPPoE and DHCP are
>>the two popular methods of assigning dynamic IP addresses to
>>residential DSL customers.
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> The two are mutually exclusive, Andrew! DHCP is indeed a
>method for assigning dynamic IP's, but PPPoE is just what the name
>implies - it's a LINE protocol for controlling usage.
pppoe assigns (or CAN assign) you different IP addresses when you initiate a connection(trust me, i suffered with it for like 6 weeks). So yes, you do get a variation of DHCP with pppoe.
Altho I'm told you can have static IPs with pppoe - In fact, Bell used to give them out.
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