Verizon DSL

[Travis Fraser]

On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 21:09, Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 16:12, Travis Fraser wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:34, Mike Burger wrote:
> > > On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Austin Isler wrote:
> > > 
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> > > > Mike Burger wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > Verizon DSL does not require a login. So the roaring penguin software
> > > > is useless.
> > > 
> > > Since when?  My brother's Verizon DSL connection requires PPPoE 
> > > authentication, as do the 9 or 10 other connections I helped set up, 
> > > before I moved out of Verizon-land.
> > > 
> > > > If you have a router, make sure your pc points to the routers IP as
> > > > the Primary DNS and then enter into the DNS search path: dsl-verizon.net
> > > 
> > > The router might also need the authentication information.
> > > 
> > > However, let's find out for sure.  Joseph...did you receive a user name 
> > > and password that you were supposed to use with your DSL connection?
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> > 
> > I helped a friend in Philadelphia setup Verizon DSL recently. The
> > connection is ethernet to the DSL modem that came in his install kit. He
> > used a username/password initially when setting up the modem under
> > windows. When we hooked up his linux box, the modem handed him an
> > address via dhcp and it just works. No authentication or any pppoe.
> > 
> > Travis Fraser
> > 
> 
> Your description says it DOES use authentication.  You had to put the
> info into the modem to make it connect.  Once that has been done the
> modem does not care what is attached on the back side by ethernet.  It
> still uses PPPoE and authentication to connect.
> 
> No PPPoE on the LAN side, but PPPoE on the provider (verison) side.
> 

True enough, I just meant that no authentication had to be setup on his
computer and no configuring of PPPoE. By the way, if this dsl modem is
acting as a router, how does one go about setting up dynamic dns to his
computer?


Travis Fraser