Subject: Re: DSL PPOE With MTA Dsl
From: W.D.McKinney (deem@wdm.com)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 20:51:03 AKST
There has PPPoE support for a long time with Linux.
The best is Roaring Penguin.
See http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
W.D.McKinney (Dee)
deem@wdm.com
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:36 , Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> sent:
>
>>
>> On Thursday 09 January 2003 12:21 am, you wrote:
>> > ne1 setup a ppoe with MTA dsl and linux? My dsl Will be active on monday
>> > and I am looking to see if there are any ptifalls I need to worry about.
>> >
>> > Shortpier
>> >
>> > 10 mins, Bill Gates, and a baseball bat. Is this to much to ask God?
>> >
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> The folks at MTASolutions wouldn't need any guru - level amount
> of knowledge if there was a linux-compliant DSL software available
> for PPPOE. Is there such available?
>
> If there was, then MTA could train its techs to at least analyze the
> software.......
>
> Opinions?
> Links?
>
> (AT&T Techs don't seem to know much about computers or internet protocols,
> but they *are* trained to work with a specific software set...)
>
> -tim-
>
>> I've been using linux and MTA dsl for quite some time , Don't expect any
>> help from them with any problem with the DSL , their standard line is "we
>> don't support Linux" , with that said The way I got around their non
>> support was to also install their software on a windows box so that when
>> there is a problem I swiched the DSL modem over to the windows box and
>> verrified that the problem was not linux related before I called them...
>> Then troubleshoot the DSL problem from a windows box with the tech.
>>
>> This seems to work the best... To avoid the hassle consider using a comerical
>> router as your gateway machine , they seem to be able to support them where
>> they can't support a linux box used as a router.
>>
>>
>> I have to give MTA a little credit , they have finaly gotten a Linux based
>> Web server up , they are porting sights over to it ... It is a SUN cobalt
>> raq 550 running redhat... So far when I've called support about problems on
>> their new server they seem to be able to handle them. With just a bit of
>> guidance from me : )
>>
>>
>> Greg J
>>
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