Re: [ILUG] Re: [OT] more DSL

From: Karl Jeacle (karl at domain jeacle.ie)
Date: Wed 11 Sep 2002 - 11:17:04 IST


On Wed 11 Sep 02, 11:12:11 +0100, Paul Kelly wrote:
> >why do they (they meaning any of the adsl/cable providers) use pppoe
> PPP is handy because it gives the ISP username/password control and like

Exactly. See the following for more discussion:

http://www.redback.com/en-US/whitepp/wp_pppoe_advantage.html
http://www.redback.com/en-US/whitepp/wp_pppoe_alternatives.html

A little biased, but worth reading.

Karl



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