Re: SBC/Yahoo DSL with Debian?

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Ric" == Ric Otte <ric@otte.ucsc.edu> writes:

    Ric> Hi, I saw that SBC/Yahoo had a DSL offer of $30 a month, and
    Ric> I called them up to ask if it would work with Linux.  The
    Ric> woman at tech support confidently assured me, over and over,
    Ric> that it would not work with Linux.  I spoke to her a long
    Ric> time, trying to figure out why it wouldn't work.  She said
    Ric> that since they use pppoe and not dhcp, I couldn't get an ip
    Ric> address with a dhcp client.  But Debian has a pppoe package,
    Ric> and there are also things like rp-pppoe.  Although she could
    Ric> not explain to me why it wouldn't work, she was absolutely
    Ric> positive it wouldn't.

I use SBC/Yahoo DSL. It works. Just don't ask tech support. I don't
use PPoE though, I have a wireless AP/hub in between my computers and
the SBC provided DSL modem that does the PPoE.

Cheers!
Shyamal

PS: Sorry for the reply to your account, but I figured you'd be
interested in a positive data point.