On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 03:51:17PM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote:
| On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 06:07:03PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson spake thus:
| > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 08:11:51AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote:
| > | i've been trying to find some app which would let me connect to the net
| > | with an usb dsl modem and have drawn a blank.
| > |
| > | would anyone on the list know of any app that can be used?
| >
| > You don't need an "app", you need a device driver. That's the beauty
| > of layers. If the USB modem is a linksys usb<->ethernet adapter try
| > the "pegasus" kernel module. Otherwise investigate the hardware and
| > determine which driver is applicable to it.
|
| thanks, but i wasn't asking about device drivers - i know that bit.
| i mean what would you use to set up the connection - like you use
| ppoeconf to set up a link when you're using an ethernet dsl modem?
For my DSL setup I just use DHCP (on ethernet). No PPPoE here. The
computers don't even know DSL is involved -- that is handled entirely
by the Cisco 677 ethernet<->dsl bridge my ISP provided. What hardware
do you have and what infrastructure does your ISP provide?
-D
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Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
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