Re: DSL

Kevin Miller wrote:

>Matthew Dunaway wrote:
>
>
>>That's what they gave me, a little paradyne box. Must have a built in
>>modem.
>>
>>
>
>I *think* you'll need a crossover cable if you're going right into your
>computer with that. I looked at the Paradyne web site after Justin's note
>and it seems that they can be set up as a transparent bridge, or as Justin
>said, as a little router. Mine's in bridge mode, and I've never gone into
>it. Didn't know I even could until today! <g>
>
>You can tell a crossover cable easily - pins one and two will be the green
>pair on one end and the orange pair on the other. You probably already knew
>that.
>
>Can't recall if they gave me a booklet on the Paradyne. It probably says if
>so.
>
>You were using SuSE, right? In chapter 22.4.5 of the Administrator's manual
>it covers configuring PPPoE. If you don't have the boxed set the admin
>manual is found in /usr/share/doc/manual/suselinux-adminguide_en. Or just
>click on the lifering in the kicker and do a search on PPPoE. Pops right
>up.
>
>HTH...
>
>...Kevin
>
>

I have no booklet for my paradyne, but it's just a modem, not a router.
I needed either a pppoe program or a router that did pppoe to get connected.

Adam

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Received on Tue Oct 4 11:25:34 2005