From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net ([206.13.28.240]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wx9e-0003Jc-00 for ; Thu, 03 Oct 2002 00:00:03 -0400 Received: from panda.PacBell.NET ([64.167.150.232]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <0H3E0054R0FRUG@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:59:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:03:11 -0700 From: Bear in SFO Subject: Re: Anyone here use Verizon DSL? In-reply-to: <15770.63762.912764.22981@localhost.localdomain> X-Sender: bearsfo@postoffice.pacbell.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <5.1.0.14.0.20021002210122.00a6c468@postoffice.pacbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20021002130023.GA2606@dalek> <20021002130023.GA2606@dalek> 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: For those people who use Windows 2000 and SBC DSL, RASPOE works way better than the crap on the supplied CD... At 09:48 AM 10/2/2002 -0400, you wrote: >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 > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup