[KLUG Members] dsl connection

[W Guy Finley]

My first advice is to stop over at dslreports.com and there you can find a 
lot of answers to all things DSL, plenty of Linux information too.

You have two options on the dialup because Ameritech uses PPPoE protocol:

1) Buy a router that supports PPPoE (I like my Linksys BEFSR41 for this 
purpose) and then Linux will see the router just like any other LAN 
connection, the router will handle the PPPoE protocol work or,

2) You need to get Roaring Penguin to support PPPoE on Linux.  I'm not the go 
to person for the latest in kernel developments but I was of the 
understanding they were going to build PPPoE support into the kernel (using 
Roaring Penguin's work I assume) but I'm not sure if that's done.  I know 
that Mandrake has PPPoE support built in their install but I can't help you 
on RH.  If you go to DSLReports though they have the links there where you 
can get Roaring Penguin for yourself.

--Guy

On Tuesday 04 June 2002 12:27 pm, you wrote:
> So, this DSL offer with Ameritech sounds pretty good so far.  They don't
> "support" Linux though.  What software, then, would I need to use on my
> Redhat 7.2 machine to work with the modem?