From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pool-141-154-217-235.bos.east.verizon.net ([141.154.217.235] helo=localhost.localdomain ident=[297f30tEl8ygCT1ejmi2jTV2+0aB8IzX]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wjqK-0000Ux-00 for ; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 09:47:12 -0400 Received: (from dave@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g92Dm3Z02616; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:48:03 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: dave set sender to using -f From: "Dave Hunt <" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15770.63762.912764.22981@localhost.localdomain> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:48:02 -0400 (EDT) To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Anyone here use Verizon DSL? In-Reply-To: <20021002130023.GA2606@dalek> References: <20021002130023.GA2606@dalek> X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under Emacs 20.7.1 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: dave.hunt2@verizon.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, I'm using Verizon DSL. They use PPPOE. The cd has, among other things, a PPPOE client called WinPoet, with an installation wizard thing. On the Windows side, I use a much simpler client called RASPPPOE. On the Linux side, I use Roaring Penguin's PPPOE client. It works fine with the Westel modem that Verizon provides. -Dave Buddy Brannan writes: > Howdy, > > OK, this is way, way off topic. > But I'm getting DSL through Verizon in a few days, and their Web site > is supremely uninformative. > > Do they use PPPoE? > > They say their self-install kit comes with "DSL software". WTF is > that? Is that just the standard Verizon-branded MSIE and so forth, or > do I actually have to configure the DSL modem under Windows or > something? > > I've even looked on the site for DSL modem docs...and didn't find > any. Just the usual blah blah hype about how easy and fast and > wonderful it all is. > > TNX, > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | "And if the ground yawned, > Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say, > Email: davros@ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" > http://www.ycardz.com/ | --Eddie From Ohio > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup